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CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... information is essential for the management of these risks." The FRC is the UK's independent regulator for corporate governance and sets the frameworks for codes and standards for the accounting community. "The lack of consideration and disclosure of ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... interests of their members going forward," said Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison Lawyers and a corporate governance and corporate social responsibility advisor. Evaluating the risks of climate change and implementing decisions based on ...

Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... social commitment, responsible attitudes with suppliers and customers, and transparency and effectiveness of corporate governance. See Also: Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) and the ASX have come into effect, such as the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, Principle 7.4, which recommends that businesses consider and report on material economic ...

PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... for Arthur Andersen and as a market analyst at Krone, a German-based telecommunications company, and as a corporate governance policy advisor to Senator Penny Wong of South Australia, PRI noted. "I'm very excited to be given this opportunity to work ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... guidelines for material ESG risks from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the ASX Corporate Governance Council will start to take effect. As part of ASX's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, Recommendation ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
As listed companies prepare to make annual reports based on the third edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, the application of two parts, relating to risk management and the disclosure ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... calculate a portfolio's carbon footprint by using Trucost as a service provider. Investors have also identified corporate governance risk in emerging markets as another ESG risk, Sarr said. "We have noticed over the past few years that clients are concerned ...

Louise Davidson appointed ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... of ACSI's important work is conducted," said Gerard Noonan, ACSI president. "She's determined to improve corporate governance in listed companies as well as encourage company boards and management to take more seriously their environmental and social ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... 2014, one of the things that arose was that the environmental and social policy wasn't explicitly including corporate governance, and we did want to have a policy that included governance alongside social and environmental." The responsible investment ...