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ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... fantastic just as a reporting tool," he said. "But with all of these things, it takes time. You can compare it with remuneration report disclosure - rem reports were terrible disclosure documents when first produced, but they've gotten so much better ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Chioatto explained, noting that Regulatory Guide 247 also provides a means for ESG performance to be tied to executive remuneration.

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... corporate governance manager. "What we've been doing when we see chairmen, usually they come in to talk about the remuneration report or the upcoming AGM, and we ask them about leadership, employee engagement and succession planning," she said. "They'll ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... chain management/human rights, climate change, improved ESG disclosure, coal seam gas and corporate governance and remuneration. "You can find long term risks and opportunities - we have previously spoken of Bangladesh and Rana Plaza," Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The rationale behind the requirement on listed companies to disclose information about remuneration consultants is "unclear" and the regime should either be discarded or improved to provide more specific information, according to a report by Ownership ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... a lot of sunlight there. I appreciate the fact that [proxy advisors] engage with organisations around issues like remuneration reports, but shareholder concerns are far broader than just the governance issues - the environmental and the social issues ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... responding to shareholder expectations. One reason for the drop in fixed pay is that we have seen many boards reviewing remuneration packages when they hire new CEOs, often bringing them back in line with market expectations. This is a welcome trend ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues, either as part of their regular agenda or on an ad hoc basis, only 8% of company boards link executive remuneration packages to sustainability performance. The survey showed that company size was the determining factor in sustainability ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... its corporate governance guidelines. Both reports focus on classic corporate governance issues including executive remuneration and the impact of the two strikes, while other issues mentioned in one or the other include board diversity and capital raisings. ...