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Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... S&P/ASX 100 boards. "The results of the ACSI study showed the difficulty of efforts to correct gender imbalance in listed company executive and director ranks," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "There has been progress but the pace of change is slow and women ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... parties, particularly during the annual general meeting (AGM) season, according to a study by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). AICD panel discusses institutional investor proxy voting. L-R John Colvin, Don Argus, David Crawford Photo ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... methodology to measure corporate value chain and greenhouse gas emissions to improve the sustainability decisions at the company level. "The new Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain Standard provides a much needed harmonized global methodology ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... right away and companies have time to adjust and plan for a clean future," the IGCC said in a statement. "Based on recent company announcements to the Australian Stock Exchange, few if any stocks will be re-rated because of the carbon price. Investors ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Brothers said. "Some suggest that companies with the more gender diversity have that diversity embedded in the culture of the company, where they search for better candidates regardless of gender at board level and management level, and they also have ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... suggesting a causal relationship," the report said. "We are not suggesting that by appointing a female board member a company will automatically outperform as a direct result." Nevertheless, the research shows that ASX 500 companies with women directors ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has welcomed copper producer Codelco as a member company. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers has taken over as chair of the ICMM. "We are pleased to have Codelco aboard as an ICMM member," ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... back by the corporate community not driving it," Kolesnikoff said. "They have to drive it - it's not good enough that a company, at its AGM, can pass a resolution on a show of hands of a few shareholders, completely missing of hundreds of millions.... ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Drives, but I don't think that's enough and there's not enough direct connection with the community or even with the company's employees." However, the fact that price is more important than green credentials doesn't mean that consumers ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... (ACSI) has recommended that superannuation funds invested in News Corporation vote against the re-election of six of the company's executive directors in the upcoming annual general meeting. "Progress on these issues is occurring too slowly, if at all. ...