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Will Unlinking CEO Pay From ESG Targets Hurt the Climate?

Paying executive bonuses for easy-to-achieve targets wasn’t necessarily great for the planet.
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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In what looks like yet another setback to the environmental, social and governance movement, Apple Inc. removed a link between executive pay and ESG metrics. But looks, just like pay incentives themselves, can be deceiving.