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ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... highest in the 12 years that ACSI has performed this research. Companies in the ASX101-200 still lag their peers in gender diversity, with women accounting for less than 10% of all individual directorships in the ASX101-200, and more than half of ASX101-200 ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... safety, and the majority of the internally managed REITs have some form of engagement/employment survey in place. "Gender diversity appears to be on every board's agenda, as all REITs made a concerted effort to highlight their respective gender diversity ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Graincorp, Mirabela Nickel, Mirvac Group, Pacific Brands, Telstra, Westfield Group, Woodside Petroleum and Woolworths. Gender diversity is not the only diversity area that needs to be measured and improved, Bennett said. "Of course this is about all ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... compared to some international law reform in progress. ACSI pointed to a proposed European Union directive on gender diversity that would see women holding 40% of board positions by 2020. At the current pace of board appointments, Australia would not ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... companies are more open to explaining their remuneration practices, companies are also making positive moves on gender diversity of board positions. "In 2010, when I first gathered statistics on board diversity, 60% of companies that we owned had no ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... reported an increase in retail customer satisfaction of 79%, a 4% jump from last year, as well as increases in gender diversity and community program funding in its most recent sustainability report. Commonwealth Bank published its 2012 sustainability ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reduce injuries tailored to the nature of the business. Wesfarmers also detailed overall policies to encourage gender diversity, and training and development of employees. Goyder also pointed to the company's reconciliation action plan (RAP), which was ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... show that boards are now taking the issue more seriously in response to investors and broader efforts to improve gender diversity in large companies." However, the ASX101-200 lagged behind the larger companies - ACSI's survey found that more than half ...

Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... have the opportunity to work with Abacus and assist the industry gain a better understanding of best-practice gender diversity practice both on boards and for the leadership pipeline," said Ruth Medd, Women on Boards chair. For their part, Abacus sees ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender ...