Sole focus on corporations
We build for the corporate practitioner and the firms that advise them — not for a ratings product, an index, or an investor screen.
Corporate intelligence, made comparable
PUBLIC-COMPANY DISCLOSURE, MADE COMPARABLE
ESGAUGE structures filings, sustainability reports, and company documents into analyst-reviewed intelligence for peer benchmarking, advisory work, research, and data integration
6,000+issuers10 yearsof history
CEO demographics & succession
CEO succession rate
Russell 3000 · number of succession cases
4002000
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2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*
Turnover has held near 350 cases a year for a decade, with 2021 the only sustained dip.
*2026 is annualised from succession announcements disclosed on SEC Form 8-K to date.
Our value differentiation
Why practitioners come to us.
One stop across every area of corporate disclosure
Compensation, governance, environmental, human capital, and voting sit in nine data solutions on one schema, so a question never stops at a vendor boundary.
User-friendly technology and auditable data
Work the data in the platform or take it through an API, a feed, or a report — and trace any figure back to the filing it was coded from.
Competitive pricing for work in the public interest
The catalog is a project developed in the public interest, and it is priced to stay reachable for the teams and researchers who rely on it.
Data solutions
Five practice areas of corporate disclosure.
Compensation & Related GovernanceEvery element of CEO, NEO and director pay as filed, plus the incentive plans and policies that govern how it is set.Executive Demographics & SuccessionAge, tenure and background across five C-suite roles, with every succession event and how each seat changed hands.Corporate GovernanceBoard composition and director profiles, committee structure and leadership, election mechanics, and the policies written around them.Environmental & SocialEnvironmental targets, workforce and pay equity, health and safety, and corporate giving — reported as disclosed, never scored.Shareholder Voting & ActivismProposals and outcomes by subject and sponsor, say-on-pay support, no-action requests, activist campaigns, and N-PX voting.
Products & delivery
Take the data the way you work.
Products
Benchmarking Tools Know exactly where you stand, against any peer group you choose.Screening Tools Cut through the noise. Filter peers by the metrics that matter most.Interactive Dashboards Trends across markets, sectors, and company size — visualized, not buried in spreadsheets.Company Profile Every detail on any company, in one clean view.Search Genie Search across millions of documents. Get the answer in seconds.Delivery
Platforms Every tool, every module, one seamless workspace.APIs Your modules, your data points, delivered straight into your systems.Customized and Tailored Reports Give us your template. We'll hand back a finished report.Data Feeds Same precision as our API — delivered as files, on your schedule.Who we serve.
Public companies
Benchmark your board, pay, and disclosure practices against the peer group that defines your proxy.
ESG advisory firms
Access verified environmental, social, and human capital data to power the ratings and advice you deliver.
Asset management firms and investment advisors
Screen voting records and governance signals across your entire index or portfolio.
Law, accounting, and audit firms
Ground your disclosure review, compensation analysis, and assurance work in verified filings data.
Governance and compensation consultants
Benchmark board composition, pay design, and succession planning against a defined peer set.
Research institutes and thought-leadership groups
Build published research and client studies on a dataset you can trust and cite.
Media outlets
Report with sourced figures, traceable directly to the underlying filings.
Academic libraries
Give faculty and graduate researchers structured, ready-to-use disclosure datasets.
In the news.
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate GovernanceHarvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance Features Conference Board–ESGAUGE Report on Corporate Climate Goals Moving from Adoption to ExecutionSustainability OnlineSustainability Online Features New Study of U.S. Climate Target Disclosure, Cites ESGAUGE DataPR NewswirePR Newswire: Report Featuring ESGAUGE Intelligence Shows That 84% of Big US Companies Have Climate Targets, But Most Aren’t Cutting Emissions
Start with your question
What do you need to benchmark?
Tell us the peer group and the decision in front of you.