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Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... diverse economy, we're not tapping into the diversity of our community to build our economic and diplomatic and cultural engagement with the world." DCA's report is a step in engaging with Australian businesses by first defining the scope of the situation. ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... centres." UCA Funds Management will send Transfield Services a letter outlining the reasoning behind their decision. "Our engagement process - even when we don't invest in a company - is if we feel that communicating them could help address the situation ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. PRI is leveraging the research to form the basis of a collaborative engagement between its investor signatories and 54 companies. WWF and PwC narrowed the initial target universe of 78 down to 54, reflecting ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... openly competing and retaining existing members and attracting new ones is very important. Skilling up in the member engagement/member communication space is important. Another area needing skill is investment. Investment techniques are getting more ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... value as a business strategy, rather than a public relations exercise. "It is a decision to move away from peripheral engagement with society through isolated corporate philanthropy, CSR, or sustainability programs," said Michael Porter, co-founder of ...

Regnan hires Kevin Branton as senior analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Regnan, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) engagement and advocacy service, has hired Dr Kevin Branton as a senior analyst. Branton comes to Regnan with 20 years' experience at firms including Maple-Brown Abbott, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... shares," Hagart said. "It is the equivalent of buying a put option from the bank." Hagart and Mike Harut, governance and engagement analyst at ACSI and the report's author, emphasised that the report is based on data from pro-rata rights issues, which ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Custom ESG Equity Index Fund. "Awareness in terms of the activity in the global market is much better, both in terms of engagement and talking about it and doing it," Bowers said. Asset owners inform us that their members or contributors often ask "do ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. Alexis' role in business development and sustainable investment will be a win for our clients and an asset to our responsible ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... University, asked respondents to assess their organsations' CSR management capabilities based on four areas - stakeholder engagement, stakeholder dialogue, integrating stakeholder value, and social accountability. The combined average score for respondents ...