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PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... will be responsible for PRI's country networks, signatory outreach and recruitment, the academic network and the public policy network. As director, he will also work with the implementation support team in delivering tools and strategies to assist investors ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... HESTA Super Fund where he served as investments analyst, PRI. At HESTA, he created the fund's ESG and Active Ownership policy framework and managed the fund's commitments in accordance with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Mercer ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... review and is "[e]mbedding gender equity into our human resource policies and practices," such as a global recruitment policy mandating qualified women on the shortlist for all roles at the company. ANZ was named one of 98 "employers of choice for women" ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... rules of the game clear from the outset," Fabian said. The Business Council of Australia reiterated that a carbon pricing policy should "enable least-cost emissions reduction," according to a statement by Acting Chief Executive Maria Tarrant "Policies ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Australian shareholders will have the right to a "two strikes and you're out" test to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under legislation introduced ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
The impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon ...