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WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... "Governance is evolving fast and investors alongside other stakeholders are demanding greater transparency and improved accountability," said Mario Abela, director, Redefining Value Program at WBCSD. "Sustainable value creation requires companies to ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... feel the board has listened to investors and other stakeholders and taken appropriate steps to ensure executive accountability for the systemic failures that led to the disaster at Juukan Gorge." "Rio Tinto now has the opportunity to address the necessary ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... focus on how companies assess and mitigate risks, how closely this aligns to their public statements and where the accountability for these actions rest. The results of meetings will inform how the fund could use shareholder resolutions or voting to ...

AustralianSuper names Tom Garcia head of financial crime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... compares his role, and other heads that are responsible for governance and risk and compliance, as the second line of accountability for the fund - the first line being front-line member operations and tech services and the third line being audit. "Resilience ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... rank was aligning the fund to the ACSI stewardship code, which meant making a commitment around transparency and accountability as an asset owner," she said. "We developed an active ownership and engagement policy complete with objectives. The really ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... they're thinking," Downs said. "It can make it much easier to communicate." Technology can enhance transparency and accountability, Downs said. "The beauty of this accessibility element is that it allows people to ask questions in advance, and as we ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... overarching goals of the Paris Agreement; Implement a strong governance framework which clearly articulates the board's accountability and oversight of climate change risks and opportunities; and Provide enhanced corporate disclosure in line with the ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... we're seeing 72% of funds report on responsible investment outcomes, as compared 44% in 2016. There is growing accountability of funds to demonstrate what they're achieving through their responsible investment strategies, and we're well and truly moving ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... for delivering bad news, "managing" of messages to GM level and patchy ownership of outcomes due to blurriness of accountability between GM and GM-1 roles in some instances." For reference, GM refers to "general manager" and GM-1 refers to the management ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... ISS. "It would appear to me that when they're looking to address change procedures, address governance, address accountability, they're very slow, which is what I think they said in their self-assessment to APRA," Kolesnikoff said. "They formulate an ...