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Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... services at asylum seeker detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. "In line with HESTA's long-standing ESG policy, if a company is identified as not complying, directly or indirectly, with international laws, standards or guidelines, HESTA may consider ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... which they integrate NTQS with third-party ESG rankings to generate model equity portfolios that "gaug[e]the efficacy of a company's business model along numerous quantifiable dimensions such as earnings patterns, cash flow, capital structure, and capital ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in his new role at the Governance Institute 28 September 2015. "He is well known and ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... homelessness, disability, health and indigenous disadvantage, but there was no clear relationship between the sector that the company belonged to and the social focus of their interventions, according to the report. "There wasn't a real correlation between ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability report. Telstra reported an AU$4.3 billion net profit after tax, with a 30.5 cent total dividend per share. The company spent AU$1 billion on share buy back as well. In its sustainability reporting, Telstra said that it achieved 51% of ...

NZ Super Fund invests in View Glass

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has invested US$75 million in US company View, a manufacturer of dynamic-tinting glass. View's dynamic-tinting glass regulates natural light, permitting building occupants to control light and glare ...

ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... able to put is limited, and one of the ways it's limited is that ordinary resolutions can't express opinions about the company," said Felicity Millner, director of litigation, Environmental Justice Australia. Millner noted that the judge in the case ...

IIRC releases Competence Matrix for IR training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... believe practitioners should focus on process alone," said Begona Morales Blanco-Steger, of the Madrid-based technology company, Indra Sistemas, who is a member of the IIRC's training advisory group. "The links that IR requires to strategy and its scope ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... are layers of ESG risks to these projects, with interlocking impacts and varying levels of intensity depending on the company and the fossil fuel asset in question Vernon noted. As a general observation, Vernon said that there is a high level of community ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... legal right to put such resolutions on the AGM. "Today's decision says that, in Australia, shareholders - the owners of a company - can only comment on the behaviour of their company by attempting to change the company's constitution." said Caroline ...