ISS launched a brief comment period (November 18 – December 2) on proposed changes to its benchmark policy for the 2025 proxy season. The proposed substantive changes impacting the US address poison pills, SPAC extension proposals, and ISS’s pay-for-performance qualitative analysis. As previously reported, the Society submitted a comment letter on the potential policy changes but did not complete the online survey due largely to the limitations imposed by, and concerns about, the prepopulated, multiple choice answer selections.