The Human Capital Management Coalition petitioned the U.S. SEC to adopt new rules or amend existing ones to require public companies to disclose information about their human capital management policies, practices and performance. The global coalition, which is composed of institutional investors with $2.8 trillion in assets, said effective human capital management is "essential to long-term value creation and therefore material to evaluating a company's prospects." The group cited several categories of information it considers fundamental to improving investors' understanding of how well a company is managing its human capital. The categories include workforce demographics, stability, composition, skills and capabilities, culture and empowerment, health and safety, productivity, and compensation and incentives.