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Compensation Committee Names

Companies are increasingly choosing to overtly signal expansion of compensation committee oversight by changing the committee name.

Source: Mercer’s Global Disclosure Database

S&P 100

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Full S&P 500

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S&P 100

The S&P 100 continues to lead the market in changing the compensation committee name to one signifying broader Human Capital Management (HCM)-related oversight

S&P 500

In 2023, more than half of the S&P 500 have a committee name that implies a broader purview than just “compensation”

Non-S&P 500

Non-S&P 500 companies have been slower to adopt similar committee name changes but are showing the same increasing trend

Source: Mercer’s Global Disclosure Database of US Public Companies as of November 2023.

Potential compensation committee names

Most prevalent names broader than Compensation Committee

  1. Compensation & Human Capital Committee

  2. Compensation & Human Resources Committee

  3. Compensation & Management Development Committee

  4. Human Resources Committee (“HRC”)

  5. Compensation & Talent Committee

  6. Compensation & Leadership Development Committee

  7. Compensation & Benefits Committee

  8. Organization & Compensation Committee

Select other names found in the market

  1. Human Capital & Compensation Committee (“HC3”)

  2. Talent, Culture & Compensation Committee (“TCC”)

  3. Compensation & Talent Development Committee

  4. Social Responsibility & Compensation Committee (“SR&C”)
Note: Names are ordered in terms of prevalence (minimum of 10 observations). For #1, #2, #3, #5, and #6, it is also common toinvert the order of the words, with “compensation” second: i.e., “Human Capital & Compensation Committee”; “Human Resources& Compensation Committee”; “Management Development & Compensation Committee”; “Talent & Compensation Committee”;“Leadership Development & Compensation Committee”.

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