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More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... well-established. More diverse boards make for better governed companies which is intrinsically linked to long-term shareholder value." In 2019, ACSI announced a policy calling for listed companies to set a timeframe for achieving gender balanced boards ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and Fortescue Metals Group. "We expect Rio Tinto to substantially increase its ambition before 2022." ACCR has filed shareholder resolutions for 2021 to Santos and Woodside Petroleum, asking for an annual vote on the adoption of a Climate Report consistent ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... theft in cleaning contracts and how it manages safe workloads for cleaning staff, after facing the possibility of a shareholder resolution on the topic at its April AGM. The new reporting will form part of Scentre Group's Responsible Business Report ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... companies that are not progressing towards setting and implementing targets, including voting against directors and filing shareholder proposals or supporting other proposals at AGMs regarding climate action, with divestment as the last resort. This ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... mergers and acquisitions, unless the ultimate owner is prepared to transition; and/or co-filing and/or supporting shareholder resolutions. The report notes that most of the companies responsible for the majority of the emissions in the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... leadership structure and executive committee to demonstrate that they are capable of delivering that change," she said. "Shareholder reservations about board competency remain, and we expect that investors will be looking to the company's AGM in May ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
BlackRock will push companies to disclose plans for their transition to a net-zero carbon economy, CEO Larry Fink stated in his annual letter to the CEOs of companies. Fink's annual letter to CEOs sets the engagement agenda for the year with the companies ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... which they're invested. Underlying some of these considerations is the shift in the balance of power between the shareholder primacy model towards a wider stakeholder model - a model in which shareholder's needs, including return on investment ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... term. These can be governance-related, such as an improvement in management which means that they now favour minority shareholder interests. For example, when management incentives become more aligned with minority shareholders' interests, this can ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Price Q: How do you apply an impact strategy to a listed equities portfolio? A: If you look back at the past 50 years, shareholder expectations for governance was around maximising shareholder value, but now, expectations on companies are much broader. ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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