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ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... ownership, but there really is no option to put anything else unless the company wishes to do so," said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. It is harder to get support for resolutions that amend a company's resolution, and such resolutions ...

UCA Funds Management select Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... protection that a trusted and experienced external custodian provides," said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management's chief executive officer. "We are pleased that this appointment also brings us a step closer to UCA Funds Management becoming the first ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... changing funds management a bit to be more of a commercial funds management organisation," said Michael Walsh, chief executive officer of UCA Funds Management, at the investor briefing. "The reason we're doing that is two-fold. Firstly, we don't think ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... comment on the behaviour of their company by attempting to change the company's constitution." said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director, ACCR. "We brought this important test case because, in an age of increasing corporate power, it is more and more ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... deforestation is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director. "The continuing loss of the world's tropical rainforests represents a significant threat to the security of ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the resolutions on 29 July, and has already met the 100-shareholder threshold for lodgement, said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director at ACCR. The resolutions also ask for disclosures around why the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the company ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation boards can add value by reflecting the demographics of membership at large, and by focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a survey of the superannuation industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services and ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... shareholders continue to engage with listed mining companies over risks like climate change and stranded assets, linking executive remuneration to achievements such as reserve replacement is one tool that is coming into consideration. Thus far, there ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... these longer-term measures of business success by company boards to their owners," said Louise Davidson, ACSI chief executive. "ACSI looks forward to a significant improvement in future years' reporting, as the newly-revised ASX Guidelines formally come ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... plans to commence a Request for Proposals process by early 2016. "They're very sensible steps," said Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA). "They're recognising that it's important that NGOs, those service ...