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ACSI, TIAA-CREF engage on "show of hands" AGM voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... moving to poll voting for all resolutions. "TIAA-CREF believes shareholders in all global markets should have the right to vote in proportion to their economic stake and that each share of common stock should have one vote," said Bess Joffe, TIAA-CREF's ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... public discussion of how climate change will affect finance and economic policy as well as behaviours across the economy. The vote was welcomed by investment, environment and climate disclosure bodies. "This is an important milestone in recognising the ...

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
ESG Research Associates (ESG RA) is transitioning to become a working group of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), RIAA has confirmed. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ESG Research Associates has been an Australian association of superannuation ...

Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... ACSI has a policy target of 30% female representation by 2017, and has said it will consider recommending that its members vote against board appointments on companies that do not have the 30% target by 2017. The asset owner push for greater gender diversity ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Guidelines, and as part of the review, ACSI said that it may, on a case-by-case basis, consider recommending that their members vote against board re-elections in companies which perform poorly on board gender diversity. "Enshrining our policy on gender ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s Vote Your Super initiative will rally support for resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... platform to pressure asset owners to support a shareholder resolution at Chevron's annual general meeting later this month. The Vote Your Pension platform is asking pension fund and mutual fund members from 1200 funds around the world to ask their funds ...

LGS publicly discloses proxy voting intentions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... officer. "As LGS holds shares in the majority of the top listed companies in Australia and overseas, they are entitled to vote at the shareholder meetings of most of the ASX200 companies and 500 of the largest listed companies in the world." The website ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... to explain how they will address the issue in the near term, and, in "the worst cases", ACSI may recommend to members to vote against re-election of directors in those companies. Gender diversity of board appointments and executive management is a long-term ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... an "overwhelming majority" of signatories have approved a new board governance structure and articles of association. The vote is the culmination of an 18-month independent review and signatory consultation period, and will provide a "simpler, more transparent ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

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The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

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