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Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... rights in supply chains, climate change, improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, and corporate governance. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil The fund has issued its annual ESG engagement report, outlining its activities to investors ...

Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... opportunities to optimise board composition to meet strategic needs and enhance diversity." "According to the Corporate Governance Principles of the ASX Corporate Governance Council, boards should assess whether a director who has served on a board for ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... analysis of US listed companies to determine if there is a correlation between share buybacks and quality of corporate governance. "Prior to the financial crisis in 2007/2008, the focus was on building bigger companies, so you saw a lot of M&A activity," ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... entity's " exposure to carbon risk requires disclosure under Recommendation 7.4 of the Australian Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations." The government agreed in principle with the recommendation, but noted that the responsibility ...

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... notes that some of these topics have been receiving "more attention by regulators and boards since the ASX Corporate Governance Council published the ASX Principles and Recommendations in 2014, we expect the 200 largest companies in Australia to inform ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... expectations for managing the chair's capacity and other commitments, and remuneration. "The discipline of corporate governance, and ESG more broadly, continues to evolve," Davidson said. "For example, I think we are seeing more focus on the last 18-24 ...

ACSI supports "if not, why not" reporting for Modern Slavery requirement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... combat slavery in supply chains." ACSI points out that if not, why not is a reporting requirement for the ASX Corporate Governance Principles, and therefore not unfamiliar to listed companies. "Requiring disclosure will allow investors to meaningfully ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... new report, Shareholder Resolutions in Australia: Is there a better way?, which concludes that Australia's corporate governance framework "restricts an important right of shareholders - the ability to bring resolutions at company meetings." Currently ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... to support those." Disclosure of the thinking behind remuneration is key, Karin Halliday senior manager, corporate governance at AMP Capital Investors. "I think we've seen quite a bit of simplification of remuneration structures," she said. "Companies ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... examples including the New Zealand Exchange explicitly referencing the GRI as a reporting standard in its corporate governance guidelines and the ASX referencing GRI as a reporting standard in its most recent Corporate Governance Guidelines. Black also ...