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Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... overstretched or overcommitted, and that in itself can cause some form of risk, and could impact on the capacity of a director to have a clear line of sight because of other commitments. This only becomes more exacerbated when there's a crisis or an ...

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 ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... appreciate the impact of social risk may result in unexpected and unwanted financial impacts. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility "Analysing social risk needs to be a biz-as-usual part of the risk management ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... AU$4.17bn Catholic Super, Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Denis Donohue, managing director of Solaris Wealth Management and Manny Pohl, CEO of Hyperion Asset Management, are among the 37 candidates to the council. ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... issue there is from a risk management perspective. If a crisis came up with any one of those companies upon which the director sits. Also, we might very well be invested in all of the companies that the director sits. Q: Have you been engaging on the ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 a mission ...

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of South African companies has found that 100 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) have written sustainability reports based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidances for the 2010/2011 financial year, up from 86 ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Under the Corporations Act, listed companies are required to publish annually in the remuneration report section of the director's report for the financial year discussion of the board policy for remuneration, discussion of the relationship between the ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... expanding our sales, client service, product development, and research teams around the globe," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research at MSCI. "Our aim is to set standards for the ESG market place by providing ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... months and would be talking to a broad range of stakeholders, led by its new climate change team of John Drexhage, ICMM's director, and Simone Cooper, the council's senior program officer. The ICMM will launch its plan of action at the next Conference ...