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Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... SBA Board Director (GAICD), founder & CEO, Sustainovate. "We couldn't be more pleased to have him join our Board of Directors." Hewson said he was "delighted" to join the board. "With the strong partnership that SBA has with the CEO-led organisation ...

ACSI names Kate Griffiths to executive manager role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... secretary. Griffiths was formerly a Senior Associate at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst). She is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Program, Chief Executive Women's Leadership Program, and a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia. "I am very ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... regulated entities to disclosure their climate risks, and joins work such as the Hutley Opinion in limning out what directors should consider when it considers climate risk. "Directors really need to think through and assess these risks," said Ed John ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... for information or make a request about the way in which a power of the company partially or exclusively vested in the directors has been or should be exercised." It has also filed a second resolution asking the board to "commit to engaging a heightened ...

Women make up 30% of ASX100 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... 30% of board positions across the ASX100, and 27.7% of the ASX200, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The year to date female appointment rate for ASX200 boards stands at 49%, down from 50% for the first time since January ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... companies place against their peers, for example.... You can use that scenario analysis and planning without putting directors at risk in terms of their forward looking statements, and companies are already under an obligation under continuous disclosure ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... performance." "For us, it's about defining core ethical conduct and making it very, very clear by relating it to executives, and directors, and that it is encompassed in both management and strategic decisions," Vamos said. "It's time to see board papers ...

Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 200 boards "always or sometimes" gravitate to candidates who are known to board members when they are selecting new directors, according to new data from the 30% Club. The 30% Club and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) conducted the ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... IGCC CEO Emma Herd said. "Investors are already calling on companies to report their climate change exposure with Board directors under pressure to demonstrate they are managing climate impacts. APRA has stated they see climate change as a financial ...

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... are disparities in countries, and disparities in board and executive percentages. The highest average rates of female directors are found in Norway (41%), France (39%) and Sweden (34%), but in terms of the average proportion of women in executive positions ...