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Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... trustee standard. In reality, if you are going to continue with a representative model, you're going to have an intensive training model for members, because they're going to have to skill up and skill up quickly." The research also found that two thirds ...

University of Sydney Business School adopts CAER research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... new thing, a very interesting development." In addition to providing access to the research itself, CAER also offers training that is available to the business school, Paterson said. "It'll be up to the school, but I absolutely envisage providing training ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... "The rest of the organisation will continue to carry out the advocacy work, the services we deliver around education and training and maintain the regional offices around the world." GRI will create a new board for GRI standards work, known as the Sustainability ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and Mercer have produced a video training module featuring superannuation trustees and professionals acting in a trustee board meeting role-play that considers concrete steps for integrating climate change ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Operations has recently hired 50 new employees as a result of this new contract, and is going through the process of training them and placing them on the sites, which are all intensive operations for the company, Doyle said. As part of the agreement ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... received five stars, but the index noted leading companies are linking progress on sustainability with remuneration, training and board development. "The key one is the engagement from the top - this connection to ensuring that the board are aware of ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... information about what they're doing to develop middle management," she said. "Some companies are talking about different training courses that they're sending their executive on, and it's given us interesting insights to where they're steering the company ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... construction workers and professional help as needed. That support will continue, and Cbus will also improve internal training so the fund can better track incidence of suicide in future. "We're actually going to provide better training to staff internally ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of staff were seconded to Indigenous organisations, a 71% increase from 2012 and 230 employees received cross cultural training, a 31% increase from 2012. NAB also reported that more than 15 Indigenous suppliers "engaged with NAB procurement via education ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... professionals, including institutional investors, retail investors and financial planners and advisers, professional training in responsible investment. "It meets the continual need for education in the finance sector," O'Connor said. "At the [Principles ...