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Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Committee, has considered Mr Dunlop's nomination in the context of the structured and rigorous planning it undertakes for Non-executive Director succession. A threshold requirement is for the skills and experience of any prospective Board member to add ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... is a chartered accountant from The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), and an independent non-executive director of Control Instruments Group Ltd. and of Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. She is a member of the Education Advisory Group ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the number of companies following this initiative is extremely promising," said Teresa Fogelberg, GRI's deputy chief executive and head of the Report or Explain Campaign Forum. "We need more companies to follow suit and start reporting, or explain why ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... diverse in terms of their background, and more women are being appointed directors. The study found that there were 108 executive and non-executive directors appointed in 2012, and of those, 78 seats - or 68% - were filled by 70 people who are not currently ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have hired Gordon Hagart as its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive The three organisations have pledged to "support and empower" businesses to take action on sustainable development. The GRI ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... around the three pillars. Those commitments will come out in NAB's annual review, and are currently being reviewed by the executive, Benson said. The strategy also focuses on how corporate responsibility is embedded in how NAB seeks business opportunity ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... companies. They were selected to the index based on their adherence to the Global Compact's ten principles, evidence of executive leadership commitment and consistent base-line profitability. The GC 100 tracked the stock market performance of these companies ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... accounting, stewardship, maintenance and restoration of natural capital in the global economy," said Lois Guthrie, CDSB executive director. "The Natural Capital Declaration's work on natural capital accounting and disclosure is vitally important to ensuring ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... has been applied increasingly to equities, few have put it to the test in fixed income until now," said James Gifford, executive director of the PRI in a statement. "Stung by market volatility during the euro crisis, institutional investors are now applying ...