Research reports

Our research is the foundation of ACSI’s work. We produce high-quality, evidence-based research on the material sustainability and governance issues important to long-term investors.

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CEO pay in ASX200 companies

ACSI’s 24th annual survey of CEO pay in Australia’s largest listed companies, was conducted with research from Ownership Matters. It remains the benchmark longitudinal study into remuneration trends and outcomes, and includes our unique ‘realised pay’ data.
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The financial materiality of sustainability issues

This paper compiles analyses undertaken over many years on the financial benefits of managing ESG risks and opportunities. This report includes academic studies, specific research studies and meta studies, research from investment or governance advisors and insights into the systemic risks sustainability issues can cause.
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Speaking up for super members: Australians reflect on active ownership

This study explores Australian attitudes towards the active ownership practices of superannuation funds and analysis of the financial materiality of sustainability issues.
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Promises, pathways and performance: Climate change disclosure in the ASX200

Investors are getting clearer sight of how Australian listed companies factor climate change into their operations, with a growing number of ASX200 companies integrating climate change considerations into their financial statements and pricing carbon to test business resilience. The findings come in ACSI’s annual research, Promises, Pathways and Performance: Climate Change Disclosure in the ASX200.
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CEO Pay in ASX200 Companies

This report, ACSI’s 23rd annual survey of CEO pay in Australia’s largest listed companies, was conducted with research from Ownership Matters. Including our unique ‘realised pay’ data, this longitudinal series is a benchmark study of remuneration trends and outcomes.
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Measuring and rewarding climate progress

This research analyses the ways in which ASX200 companies have integrated climate-related metrics within variable executive remuneration structures to identify market trends and the performance measures used.
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