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Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... backgrounds," Baig said. "We have an understanding of what best practice looks like, and that revolves around better diversity on boards, senior management, building the pipeline, looking at promotions, recruitment, basically taking all the lessons from ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... good inroads around challenging the orthodoxy around gender mix, but there's a long way to go for true diversity on boards in terms of getting skill sets, getting that cognitive diversity onto boards to have more, tougher interactive conversations ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... fund managers. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and CEO Cyrus Taraporevala has issued his annual letter to boards of major global listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... potential right now," Chopra said. "For instance, in APAC, take board structure. Most companies do not have independent boards yet, so we look to see who are adding more independents onto the board and that tends to be the first signal, because that ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... to the AGM. "The problem is that when it comes to crunch time, when it comes time to vote at AGMs on directions given to boards and executives, that's where we still have concerns that invstors won't cross that line," Christian said. "The soft tactics ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... executive officer at SSGA. "...Our stewardship group engages with the entire global universe of listed companies and their boards to drive transparency around how they are managing the risks and opportunities around climate change. And, we have asked ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Among them have been Qantas, Oil Search, Flight Centre, Southern Cross Media and Webjet. Dimensional held meetings with boards in instances where they felt placements were not properly managed, Singh said. "I think they've been receptive certainly ...

Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... 113 ASX 200 companies have reached 30%, while 87 companies have not yet done so. The report also found that 76 of those boards are just one female appointment away from reaching 30%. "It is encouraging to see that the ASX 300 is very close to reaching ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... creation. "Businesses understand risk," Philip said. "Climate risk is something that is now seeping into the consciousness of boards and management, initially from a negative perspective, but increasingly from a positive perspective, because they're ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... between WBCSD and DNV GL, a global quality assurance and risk management company, will seek insights to better assess how boards can connect with stakeholders, and how those insights align with long-term value creation and integration of environmental ...