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HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... monitoring. The engagement escalation framework also considers the use of votes against 'Say on Climate' resolutions, directors' elections, support or filing of shareholder resolutions and/or consideration of divestment, where HESTA considers there is ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... increasingly exposed to liability risk if they do not sufficiently respond to climate change, exposing the business, directors or trustees to litigation," Kearns said. "This risk exists not only when they choose not to take appropriate actions but also ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... company produces one, but the sophistication of the report. New metrics introduced to Melior's KPIs include disclosure of directors' ESG skills, whether a company has a cybersecurity policy and ESG-linked management LTIs. "The other major change has ...

Companies lag on digital transformation: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... of organisations do not have a digital transformation underway, and more than half the respondents have few, if any, directors with technology skills as part of their core skill set. Of those with no digital transformation underway, 40% said it was not ...

ESG product definitions a matter for legislation: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... trying to foster that clarity of disclosure." Information Sheet 271 on greenwashing is aimed at managed funds, corporate directors of corporate collective investment vehicles (CCIVs), and super fund trustees, and is the result of a review ASIC has conducted ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... and non-executive director Karen Wood and ANZ chair Paul O'Sullivan provided insights on the material issues facing directors generally and their company boards specifically, citing social license to operate, being a purpose-driven organisation, the ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... loss and social risks, according to an updated risk management guide from the Governance Institute. Risk management for directors - A guide is designed to outline the latest risks for directors and includes reference to climate change, COVID-recovery ...

Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... said Robert Poole, national ESG leader - corporates KPMG Australia. "There's no way around that." The survey found that directors will be personally accountable for their company's decisions around environmental and social action, with the CFO in a key ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... change risk disclosure and governance as well as greenwashing. Information sheet 271 is aimed at managed funds, corporate directors of corporate collective investment vehicles (CCIVs), and super fund trustees and is the result of a review ASIC has conducted ...

Calls for transformation, climate skill in AGL board renewal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... director Graeme Hunt, also a member of the board, will step down. Resignations have also been received for non-executive directors Jacqueline Hey and Diane Smith-Gander. HESTA CEO Debby Blakey noted that "shareholders are increasingly expecting companies ...