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ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... strategic governance body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset owners -Else Bos, chief executive of investments at Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), and Priya Sara Mathur of US pension fund ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... directors to take on the role in light of other positions that they hold on other boards, listed and unlisted, and other executive positions. "Often that discussion ends up with us requesting additional or improved information about nomination processes ...

Citibank Australia appoints Samantha Mostyn non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Citibank Australia has appointed Samantha Mostyn non-executive director of Citigroup Pty Limited, the legal entity which trades as Citibank in Australia. Mostyn was a member of the senior executive team at Insurance Australia Group from 2002-2008. She ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... 'comply or explain' approach, are the most effective means of driving up standards," said Stephen Haddrill, FRC chief executive. "Success depends on shareholders paying attention to explanations. That is why we have developed the Stewardship Code to ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Jane Ambachtsheer, partner and global head of Mercer's responsible investment business, has been recognised as the honorary recipient of the Social Investment Organization's 2011 Canadian SRI Lifetime Achievement Award. The Social Investment Organization ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... providing an overview of some of the recent ESG issues like the carbon tax, the new ASX diversity principles, the new executive remuneration rules, but also talking about what we're doing internally. Q: To what level does VFMC engage with its invested ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... introducing energy efficient initiatives and the material contributions can make to retail businesses," said Anna Skarbek, executive director, ClimateWorks. ClimateWorks Australia is a partnership between the Myer Foundation and Monash University with ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... assess whether performance conditions have been appropriately set. The ASIC review further recommended that if part of executive remuneration is contingent on satisfying a performance condition, the remuneration report must explain why that performance ...

Ten corporate sponsors for GRI's G4 development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... companies are joining us on this journey to improve and develop the GRI Guidelines," said Nelmara Arbex, GRI deputy chief executive. "The next generation of GRI's Guidelines aims to enable more companies to provide their stakeholders with robust, relevant ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Shareholders in Australian companies have vastly increased power to over executive remuneration under legislation that will take effect in July. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 ...