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ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has committed to increasing the number of women in management positions to 40 percent by the end of September as part of increasing their gender diversity throughout the business. Currently, 38.4 percent of managers are women, the bank said. ...

"Steady but modest" increase in number of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
The number of women appointed to corporate directorships in Australia has increased from 8.9 percent of total positions in 2009 to 10.9 percent in 2011, in line with "steady but modest" global increases, according to a report by GovernanceMetrics International ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Julia Gillard The government has introduced legislation that will start pricing carbon emissions from July 2012. The two-stage plan, negotiated with the Green Party, will begin with a fixed price for three to five years and then transition ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
The impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon ...

Carbon and Water Increasingly Important to Institutional Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly concerned with how listed companies manage water and carbon emissions, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). A record number of institutional investors are supporting the CDP's requests for information ...