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A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... were valued, and the historical view of a corporation's objective, which was to increase profits for itself and its shareholders. Social responsibility did not play a role. The idea that a corporation has a social obligation as well as a profit objective ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... lending against equity and we deal almost exclusively with long term investors - founders of listed companies, major shareholders, management and directors," Kent said. "The issues of corporate governance are really relevant to that. These are questions ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... levels, in a case filed by Friends of the Earth. Shell has vowed to appeal the ruling. Additionally, 61% of Chevron shareholders supported a resolution filed by Follow This calling on the company to set targets to reduce all of its emissions, including ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Four ASX listed companies thus far have committed to putting their climate strategy plans to shareholders to a vote at their 2022 AGMs, the first companies in the world to do so. The "say on climate" resolutions are advisory votes only, but engagement ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... considering all the various stakeholders that companies now need to be mindful of, aside from just directly their shareholders," Davila said. "In the last few years, we have been more explicit in our asks when we speak with companies, how do you think ...

ARENA to provide finance for pumped hydro facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... a 100% equity basis and retain full ownership and control of the asset is a favourable outcome for Genex and its shareholders. Harding acknowledged the financial support of ARENA, the Queensland state government, the Northern Australia Infrastructure ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... by the Hayne Royal Commission, and these have uncovered a series of events which can have detrimental impacts on shareholders," Carlsson said. "S is here to stay." Ausbil adopts a number of methodologies for monitoring, tracking and assessing corporate ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... investors. "This commitment heaps further pressure on Santos and Woodside to support ACCR's resolutions, which will allow shareholders a vote on their climate plans," Gocher said. ""Currently, Santos and Woodside targets amount to business-as-usual ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... leadership in a bid to rebuild trust and social license to operate in the wake of the destruction at Juukan Gorge. Shareholders and stakeholders noted the moves have to be grounded in a wider change to culture and governance through implementation. Rio ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to stakeholders - customers, employees and communities - the more it will produce long-term, durable profits for shareholders. This fits into the climate transition narrative and BlackRock's belief that embracing a stakeholder model will drive higher ...