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ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has informed ASX-listed companies without female directors that they will face votes against sitting directors in 2017. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO In 2015, ACSI adopted a target for women to comprise ...

VicSuper publishes 2016 annual report using IR, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Superannaution fund VicSuper has reported assets under management of $16.36 billion and a 1.87% net return on its default MySuper growth option as part of its 2015/2016 annual report. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager The superannuation ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Australian corporate boards must have regard to the complex risks and potential opportunities of climate change in their governance and disclosure to minimise scrutiny from regulators and potential litigation, according to Minter Ellison. Sarah Barker ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment processes continue to grow across Asia Pacific markets, but in diverse fashions and influenced by variable regulatory and market considerations, according to Ronnie ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Deloitte Access Economics in association with the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing have developed a guide to help the social services sector to define and understand the costs of social services. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The interrelation of environmental and social with corporate governance practices has been brought to the fore, institutional investors have told BNP Paribas Securities Services. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
CDP, The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and ClientEarth have called upon the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to ensure that companies in the oil, gas and coal sectors are complying with legal duties to address climate risk in their ...

SVA Commonwealth Bank partner on education toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank has committed AU$6 million to an initiative with Social Ventures Australia (SVA) to develop a teaching and learning toolkit to "enable and support a culture of evidence-informed practice" in Australian schools. Susan Metcalf, chief ...