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J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... internally managed REITs have some form of engagement/employment survey in place. "Gender diversity appears to be on every board's agenda, as all REITs made a concerted effort to highlight their respective gender diversity policy and proposed improvements," ...

GRESB signs up new partner, members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... a principal at The Townsend Group, in a statement. "We look forward to serving as an active member on the GRESB Advisory Board to improve data collection and research in this area." Robeco has EUR189 billion in assets under management and is an independent ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... markets accounts for at least 20% of total revenue for more than half of companies in the EuroStoxx50, yet only 5.6% of board members on those companies are nationals from an emerging market, highlighting a need for increased diversity on those boards ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The "glacial" rate of increase in the number of women appointed to ASX200 boards coupled with the fact that nearly 19% of companies failed to meet basic disclosure requirements on diversity policies means that Australia could face the imposition of ...

Two directors stepping down at Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... which will be held on 20 November. Steve Newnham is resigning effective earlier this week. Newnham was appointed to the board on 20 December 2010 and elected as director by shareholders at the November, 2011 AGM. He also took an executive role with Australian ...

CDP, CDSB, IIIRC ally to promote natural capital reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have agreed to an alliance that will see the three groups collaborate to increase the reporting on use and depreciation of natural capital. ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... are incorporated in the UK and listed on the LSE, including Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. The Climate Disclosure Standards Board's reporting framework is cited in the guidance as one of the methods that can be used by companies to comply with the reporting ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and the platforms to manage the trading, if they're going to trade from within the organisation. All of this work requires board-level approval, Lauber Patterson said. "A companies approach to trading will depend on their risk appetite to trade carbon. ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the end of October, she will be leading into the start of the next AGM season, and she says that there will be focus on board composition, capital raisings and "the good old thorny issue" of short term incentives. She also said ACSI Will continue the ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI commissioned ...