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Today, The Conference Board has offices in [[Brussels|New York, Brussels]], [[Beijing]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Singapore]]. {{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
==Economic indicators and
The Conference Board publishes a number of regular indicators for United States and international economies that are widely tracked by investors, business leaders, and policy makers. They include:
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* ESG [[benchmarking]] reports that reveal emerging trends in areas including CEO succession,<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGregor|first=Jena|title=Analysis {{!}} Fewer companies are forcing CEOs to retire when they hit their golden years|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/27/fewer-companies-are-forcing-ceos-retire-when-they-hit-their-golden-years/|access-date=2020-08-24|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002172330/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/27/fewer-companies-are-forcing-ceos-retire-when-they-hit-their-golden-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> executive compensation,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Alan|title=After coronavirus, expect a 'new' Delta|url=https://fortune.com/2020/05/01/delta-ceo-pay-travel-ceo-daily/|access-date=2020-08-24|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|language=en|archive-date=2022-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929222219/https://fortune.com/2020/05/01/delta-ceo-pay-travel-ceo-daily/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Board of directors|corporate board]] practices,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fuhrmans|first=Vanessa|date=2019-04-24|title=What's Keeping More Women From Board Seats: Little Turnover|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-keeping-more-women-from-board-seats-little-turnover-11556105400|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810142835/https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-keeping-more-women-from-board-seats-little-turnover-11556105400|url-status=live}}</ref> and shareholder voting.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Paine|first1=Lynn S.|last2=Srinivasan|first2=Suraj|date=2019-10-14|title=A Guide to the Big Ideas and Debates in Corporate Governance|work=Harvard Business Review|url=https://hbr.org/2019/10/a-guide-to-the-big-ideas-and-debates-in-corporate-governance|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0017-8012|archive-date=2020-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902163731/https://hbr.org/2019/10/a-guide-to-the-big-ideas-and-debates-in-corporate-governance|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Annual survey on US salary increase budgets across industries and seniority.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davidson|first=Paul|title=Hey millennials, look out below! Gen Zers may already be catching up in the salary race|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/11/u-s-wage-growth-gen-zers-closing-pay-gap-millennials/2531949001/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224180718/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/11/u-s-wage-growth-gen-zers-closing-pay-gap-millennials/2531949001/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Surveys of chief human resource officers on various workforce and workplace matters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGregor |first=Jena |title=Just 4% Of Employers Are Making Everyone Return To The Office Full-Time, Survey Finds |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2022/05/05/just-4-of-employers-are-making-everyone-return-to-the-office-full-time-survey-finds/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
* Annual [[job satisfaction]] survey of U.S. workers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weber|first=Lauren|date=2019-08-29|title=Younger Workers Report Biggest Gains in Happiness With Pay|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/younger-workers-report-biggest-gains-in-happiness-with-pay-11567071000|access-date=2020-08-24|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810142541/https://www.wsj.com/articles/younger-workers-report-biggest-gains-in-happiness-with-pay-11567071000|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Analyses on national public policy issues, including Social Security<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fix Social Security Now. Waiting Will Cost Us. |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/social-security-time-running-out-0c2a0c54}}</ref>, infrastructure<ref>{{Cite web |title=America’s infrastructure has reached a breaking point. It’s time to fix it |url=https://fortune.com/2021/03/03/us-infrastructure-reform-texas-power-grid/}}</ref>, cybersecurity<ref>{{Cite web |title=To make US more cyber-resilient, government and business need far greater collaboration |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/3587624-to-make-us-more-cyber-resilient-government-and-business-need-far-greater-collaboration/}}</ref>, health care<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Health care spending, Medicare, workforce issues should get policymakers’ attention |url=https://insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/health-care-spending-medicare-workforce-issues-should-get-policymakers-attention |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Insurance News {{!}} InsuranceNewsNet |language=en-US}}</ref>, labor shortages<ref>{{Cite web |last=Decker |first=Paul |last2=Fluhr |first2=Howard |last3=Olson |first3=Camille |date=2023-04-25 |title=Without Immigration Reform, America's Labor Shortage is Here to Stay {{!}} RealClearPolicy |url=https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2023/04/25/without_immigration_reform_americas_labor_shortage_is_here_to_stay_895672.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.realclearpolicy.com |language=en}}</ref>, national debt<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morabito |first=Charlotte |date=2023-09-10 |title=U.S. debt is nearly $33 trillion. But some economists say not all debt is bad. |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/10/why-the-national-debt-can-both-help-and-hurt-the-us-economy.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>, energy transition<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacob Worenklein |first=Cynthia Warner and Lori Esposito Murray |date=2023-09-20 |title=The climate work we must do now to meet our 2050 goals |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4212302-the-climate-work-we-must-do-now-to-meet-our-2050-goals/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>, child care<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cindy Cisneros |first=opinion contributor |date=2020-05-15 |title=Working parents could face lack of child care as the economy restarts |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/497959-working-parents-could-face-lack-of-child-care-as-the-economy-restarts/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Benchmarking data ==
The Conference Board ESG Advantage software allows US public companies to benchmark their practices in various ESG areas, including environmental, human capital management, CEO and director compensation, board composition and governance, and shareholder voting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Segal |first=Mark |date=2020-07-16 |title=The Conference Board Launches ESG Benchmarking Platform for US Companies |url=https://www.esgtoday.com/the-conference-board-launches-esg-benchmarking-platform-for-us-companies/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=ESG Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
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