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Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... steering committee will be dissolved. Johnson and O'Connor will support the transition and will work with the appointed directors to establish the new ASFI entity. The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute also announced its initial founding members ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... hamstrung by the Federal Government, which is a disastrous situation for shareholders," Gocher said. "Yet three of the directors that have overseen this debacle have been rewarded with chair and CEO positions at Accel Energy and AGL Australia, which ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... other actions. "At Melior, we're engaging with companies across the ASX200," Bailey said. "We're speaking to company directors and senior executive teams, so we have a great opportunity to influence and persuade people to think about this really deeply." ...

CEO, board salaries cops COVID-19 hit: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
CEOs, board directors and senior management were not immune to the economic impacts of COVID-19, with the Governance Institute of Australia finding that fewer CEOs received salary increase and bonuses falling as well. The Aon and Governance Institute ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... climate activist group Market Forces. Peter Collins, an independent director, Mark Robertson and Mark Vaile, both employer directors, and Neil Randall, an alternative employer director, are stepping down from the $66 billion industry fund. Vaile is the ...

Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney said he was pleased to welcome Watkins to the Board. "Alison will bring extensive ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... experience to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment and setting gender equality targets. "All corporate board directors should undergo education and training on good governance and sexual harassment response and prevention, and it's important ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... top topics discussed included disclosure of environmental and social data, diversity of employee base and boards of directors, greenhouse gas emissions, product sustainability, and treatment of employees. T. Rowe Price director of research, responsible ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 that we wrestle with and engage ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... against Royal Dutch Shell intensifies the focus on the oil and gas industry, but experts say all Australian company directors should heed advice when it comes to managing the risks of climate change. In less than 24 hours, three overseas actions hit ...