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Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... which the resolution was crafted." The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), a body that provides governance services to superannuation funds, recommended a vote in favour of the resolution despite not normally supporting constitutional ...

Diane Grady appointed to Macquarie board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group has appointed Diane Grady to its board as a non-executive director, making her the third woman on the board. The appointment is effective as of 19 May. Grady has been a full time independent director since 1994 and has served on boards ...

PwC, Institute of Chartered Accountants recognise NFP transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Organizations' disclosure was assessed according to criteria including strategy, financial and operational performance, governance, risk policies and sources of funding. The number of entrants increased to 45 from 39 in 2009. Since the awards' inception ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... by sustainability consultancy Net Balance.Other partners include the Green Economy Coalition, the Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa, Lawyers for Better Business, SOMO, Calvert Investments, and IDEARSE. The Australian Stock Exchange has not yet ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... developing an integrated report ( see below ). "The current reports on annual financial performance, sustainability and governance disclosure often fail to make the connection between the organisation's strategy, its financial performance and its performance ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative is calling for nominations for member to the 2012-2014 Stakeholder Council, its policy forum. There are 50 members to the Stakeholder Council, drawn from business, mediating institutions, and civil society organisations ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... signatories to develop their expertise achieving long-term investment returns through analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "It's important that we provide the support and the resources to the Australian signatories to enable ...

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... better long-term investment returns and sustainable markets through improved analysis of environmental, social and governance issues. PRI has over 870 signatories from 45 countries with more than US$ 25tr of assets under management Lake comes to PRI ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... decision-making, having a CSR department or formal CSR policies. But the report also found a gap between having formal governance functions and "having CSR integrated into an organisation's strategic 'DNA'." But even as ACCSR reports positive steps ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has committed to increasing the number of women in management positions to 40 percent by the end of September as part of increasing their gender diversity throughout the business. Currently, 38.4 percent of managers are women, the bank said. ...