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First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... to the announcement by AGL last week that the company would track progress on climate commitments and link it to remuneration as an example of company activity. "Investors using tools such as shareholders proposals will be effective, and voting, whether ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... consistency. Whereas if you're an equity shareholder, a controlling shareholder might be quite negative." Executive remuneration has very little impact on risk in fixed income, so remuneration considerations are minimised in the ESG risk framework, he ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... comes down to the engagement piece," she said. "We engage with companies on big, broad issues like climate change, remuneration, and social and governance issues that might come up. That's where we can combine our investment power and push companies ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... process from the very beginning because if you don't honour the SLTO, what we have seen time and time again, is that remuneration gets cut because the company hasn't provide an adequate level of service to society, or you find that growth prospects get ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... 3), disclose how its exploration and capital expenditure is aligned with those targets, and to link the company's remuneration structure with those targets." That resolution passed with 51.7% of proxy votes - 264 million to 246 million. Dan Gocher, ACCR ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... 3), disclose how its exploration and capital expenditure is aligned with those targets, and to link the company's remuneration structure with those targets." That resolution passed with 51.7% of proxy votes - 264 million to 246 million. Dan Gocher, ACCR ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... role of share buybacks as a corporate strategy may be more influenced by corporate culture than by the executive remuneration plans of executives, Marshall said. "It has more to do with the culture and the business model of a company than whether the ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... where greenhouse gas emissions and water use comes in," said Emlie O'Neill, ESG and equities analyst at Perennial. "Remuneration probably become a stronger focus as well, given the work around the financial regulator putting on restrictions on remuneration. ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... committee chairman Ewen Crouch will depart at the 12 December AGM. The company is facing a second strike against its remuneration report at the AGM, and if 25% of shareholders vote against the report, it will trigger a potential spill of the rest of ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Westpac shareholders are considering whether to vote against the remuneration report at the December 12 AGM, and if a second strike is recorded, if a complete board spill is the right solution to governance failing. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia ...