# ISS-Corporate

> ISS-Corporate combines its Compass SaaS platform with specialist advisory services to help companies benchmark governance and executive pay, manage sustainability disclosures and carbon data, assess cyber risk, and evaluate sustainable finance frameworks. It serves corporate teams and professional advisory firms worldwide.

- **Founded:** 1997
- **Headquarters:** Rockville, United States
- **Products:** Compass, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Award Simulator, Peer Architect
- **Notable:** Company-reported retail case study: governance risk score improved from 8 to 2 over 24 months; not a guaranteed client outcome., Deutsche Börse reported paying Compass use among 71% of S&P 500 companies in 2025., Company sustainable-finance page reports more than 1,000 second party opinions completed.

## Products & services

- **Compass** — SaaS platform connecting corporate data, research, benchmarking, modeling and specialist advisory support. Initially launched for equity incentive plan design.
- **Corporate Governance** — Governance ratings interpretation, peer benchmarking, investor voting analytics, disclosure and engagement support.
- **Executive Compensation** — Peer comparisons, equity plan and pay-for-performance modeling, TSR tracking and advisory support.
- **Award Simulator** — Models expected value and achievability of performance-based awards.
- **Peer Architect** — Analytics for constructing and optimizing compensation peer groups.
- **Corporate Sustainability** — Materiality assessment, benchmarking, climate services, carbon accounting and sustainability reporting.
- **Cyber Risk** — Outside-in cyber risk scoring, peer benchmarking, vendor exposure monitoring and insurance scenario analysis.
- **Sustainability Reporting** — Regulatory reporting software and advisory support expanded through the Celsia acquisition.
- **Carbon Accounting** — GHG data collection and calculation across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, expanded through SustainaBase.
- **Sustainable Finance** — Second party opinions and external reviews of sustainable bond and loan frameworks and related reporting.
- **Strategic Partnerships** — Subscription research, voting analytics and compensation resources for professional advisory firms, including shared-access programs.

## Achievements

- Company-reported retail case study: governance risk score improved from 8 to 2 over 24 months; not a guaranteed client outcome.
- Deutsche Börse reported paying Compass use among 71% of S&P 500 companies in 2025.
- Company sustainable-finance page reports more than 1,000 second party opinions completed.
- Expanded sustainability software by acquiring Celsia in April 2024 and SustainaBase in October 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 19 U.K. proxy-season research reported that 49 FTSE 100 companies proposed new remuneration policies in proxy year 2026, including 15 before their existing frameworks expired.
- **2026-10** — October 13 climate-transition-plan analysis of ten large-cap European companies identified financial planning as a persistent weakness; the company explicitly described the sample as nonrepresentative.

## Links

- Website: https://www.iss-corporate.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iss-corporate/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23