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Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... retirement." Separately, Australian Ethical has also announced that chair Andre Morony has decided to stand down, and that the board had elected Steve Gibbs as the new chair. Morony will stay on as an ordinary member of the board to ensure a smooth transition. ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... little more hopeful. If you look at the national reports to the CBD, you can see dramatic progress of countries coming on board with more and better information. If these sorts of schemes feed into that progress, we're looking at ballpark figures of ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... about Simon's track record in linking civil society and the investment community," said Pablo Berrutti, chair of RIAA's board of directors, in a statement. "Strengthening these connections, as many sustainability leaders in the corporate sector have ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... performance and financial performance." The framework suggests a structure for an ESG investor briefing, in which the CEO, CFO or board member participate with the head of sustainability/CSR and investor relations. "Companies used the ESG investor briefing ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... we did not achieve our overall goal, there was progress at senior levels," ANZ said. "Three women sit on our management board while others lead major global businesses and key countries in our growth strategy. In our Australia division women hold 43% ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... that women represent 50% of their total workforce, but that the ratios are not the same through the tiers of seniority. The board of directors is 89% men to 11% women, an issue Charter Hall said it is addressing through managing succession and recruitment ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
John Colvin, chief executive and managing director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), has been elected chairman of the new Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... two boards to pursue that merger and we're commencing due diligence, because like any other commercial transaction, the board of CEFC had to do due diligence on the loan book and the business, to make that judgement prior to formalising the merger."' ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... She also pointed to some Scandinavian countries, under which larger and longer-term shareholders can participate in the board nomination process. She also noted that in Australia, taxation law encourages longer-term shareholdings by halving the capital ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... anticipating, all current members of ECO-buy will get the services they pay for. We will work with the ECO-Buy staff and board to think about what that offering might be in the short to medium term and then look to grow that membership once we've cemented ...