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Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... concluded that accountability for stamping out sexual harassment needs to start at the board level. Jenkins said she recommends boards have expertise and training in this area, so that they can ask informed questions of management on the issue of sexual ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... risk management, and that's the quantitative aspect of the climate vulnerability assessment." Accenture advises bank boards to incorporate "climate risks in risk management frameworks, policies and procedures, as well as key management information ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... management space," similar to the way that ASIC has reviewed how large, listed companies disclose their climate risk. "Boards should be mindful that prohibitions in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) on misleading and deceptive conduct and false or misleading ...

ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... receiving zero bonuses and median realised pay for ASX100 CEOs falling by 3.6% to $3.99 million. "The research shows that boards have responded positively to more than a decade of active investor engagement and are now better aligning short and long ...

CEO, board salaries cops COVID-19 hit: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... of short-term incentive in the last 12 months, going from 74% to 64%. "The story behind the stagnation is that broadly, boards and executives have responded to the crisis at hand, the uncertainty in the market and community expectations," said Governance ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... but there is no legal obligation for trustees to act on the direction of members in that forum. "Generally, directors on Boards don't have the power to dismiss each other," he said. "The mechanism by which a single director could be singled out and removed ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... globally, strengthening its approach to ESG analysis in diversified credit, and continued engagement with listed company boards around risks relating to conditions and fair wages for working people - particularly in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Only 19% of ASX200 boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... meetings. The top topics discussed included disclosure of environmental and social data, diversity of employee base and boards of directors, greenhouse gas emissions, product sustainability, and treatment of employees. T. Rowe Price director of research ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... really important," Zhang said. "Management quality is absolutely important, but beyond management, it's the governance of boards, creating structure, policy, protocol and truly developing an ecosystem within the company to think about sustainability ...