IR Leader
January 31, 2023

If You Haven't Renewed Your CIRI Membership, Time Is Running Out. Renew Today!

We value your involvement with CIRI and our community and hope that you will continue to be a member. Here are just a few of the new initiatives we shared recently that make your CIRI membership worth the investment for 2023: in-person, interactive opportunities to connect with peers, targeted educational events and best practice research. These will ensure you enhance your network and stay on top of emerging and best practices.

If you have renewed your membership for 2023, or became a member during 2022, we look forward to seeing and engaging with you.

If you haven't yet renewed, your membership expired on December 31. If payment for your renewal is not received by February 3, your membership will be discontinued on February 6. Please visit CIRI.org and sign in to pay your invoice today.

Not yet a CIRI member? Click here to join.

We look forward to supporting you in 2023.

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The Survey Says: IROs Counsel Executives and Boards on IR Matters. Do You?

According to CIRI's recently released 2022 IR Compensation and Responsibilities Reports, over half of IROs are contributing to the company’s strategic plan
and almost three-quarters are executing the IR elements of the company’s strategy. In addition, over three-quarters of IROs counsel executives and Boards on IR matters and over one-quarter develop the company’s ESG/sustainability strategy. With these expanded responsibilities come enhanced compensation with over half (59%) of IROs earning at least $225,000 in total cash compensation, including 28% who earn more than $300,000.

How does your compensation compare to your peers in similar IR roles?

To obtain your copy of CIRI's 2022 Investor Relations Compensation and Responsibilities Report: Part 1 - Responsibilities and Part 2 - Compensation, click here. (Members, remember to log in to take advantage of member pricing).
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Top Stories

5 Tips to Get Your Sustainability Story to the Stakeholders Who Matter

Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.

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Future of the SASB Standards: What You Need to Know for 2023 Disclosure

The ISSB set a clear path for the SASB Standards when it launched draft IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, explaining how initially the industry-based SASB Standards can help companies identify their sustainability risks and opportunities along with metrics to use in their disclosures.

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Getting Ahead of Proxy Season: Key ESG Considerations

We expect that environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations will have a significant influence on the 2023 annual meeting season. Consistent with global trends, investors, proxy advisers and advocates increasingly expect Canadian companies to disclose how they integrate ESG factors into corporate strategy, director recruitment and training, report on progress against specific commitments and discuss the board’s role in overseeing ESG issues.

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A Handful Of Hot Button ESG Issues To Watch In 2023

The new year brings many continuing environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges for companies, some from a different perspective than in years past, and sees a variety of new thorny ESG issues emerging. Read on for a bite-sized, non-exclusive list of some of the ESG issues likely to vex various stakeholders and garner a fair share of public attention in 2023.

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Taking the 'Anti-woke' Debate Seriously: Why Business Risk and ESG Accountability Go Hand-In-Hand

'Woke' debate distracts from fiduciary duties to investors and society.

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