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Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute has released a guide aimed at assisting companies that are seeking education on how to consider and report on material exposures to climate change risk. Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO The Governance Institute has released ...

ASX200 boards above 30% women in aggregate, but six have none

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Although 30% of ASX200 board seats in aggregate are held by women, research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) show that 100 companies have not reached the 30% target and six companies still have no women on their board. In December ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australian small and mid-cap listed companies listed governance, diversity, safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
BetaShares' ethical exchange traded funds (ETFs) have passed the $1 billion funds under management, fuelled by around $300 million in inflows to the two equities ETFs in the past three months. BetaShares Ethical ETFs FUM BetaShares points to the coincidence ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change is a strategic risk to business, their employees and the communities in which they operate, and is also intertwined with human rights, according to Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA). Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director GCNA, the ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will begin voting against board members of companies that are laggards on ESG performance. Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific, SSGA CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced in his annual letter to corporate ...

ASX200 hits 30% target for women on boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 30% of ASX200 board positions for the first time, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In April 2015, AICD set a voluntary target for 30% of board seats to be filled by women by the end of 2018. At the ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

ACSI issues updated Governance Guidelines for ASX300 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has updated its Governance Guidelines, reflecting the impact of the Banking and Financial Services Royal Commission and stressing the need to incorporate environmental, social and governance ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
A greater number of ASX listed companies are providing more information around environmental, social and governance (ESG) material issues, but "glaring gaps" remain, particularly around workplace fatality statistics, according to research from the Australian ...