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PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... among other activities, according to Fiona Reynolds, managing director. Reynolds is in Australia and is speaking at the Women in Super National Roadshows on the environmental, social and governance (ESG ) challenges facing institutional investors, and ...

ACSI ups ante on zero-women boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is ramping up the pressure on ASX-listed companies that have no women on their boards in advance of the 2015 annual general meeting (AGM) season. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has written a letter ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... customers being the residents of slums who earn day wages. Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report that women earn around 200 rupees a day on average and men can earn 300 to 500 rupees per day on average. If people have a ration card ...

AICD backs 30% women ASX200 directors target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... and non-listed companies so we have not set a specific target date for these organisations to meet it." The percentage of women directors on ASX200 boards has increased from 8.3% in 2009 to 20% this year, Brogden noted. "We believe that the director ...

Local Government Super appoints second woman to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... to have 40% representation of female directors and the appointment of Katherine brings us closer to this goal, with two women now serving as Directors on the LGS board." LGS noted that O'Regan has "extensive experience in investment strategy and governance ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There have been increases in the number of women on boards across many sectors in Australia, but progress is uneven and in some cases, such as on boards of state-owned corporations in Queensland, Western Australia and the federal government, there have ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia Senator Eric Abetz, minister for employment, and Senator Michaelia Cash, minister assisting the prime minister for women, announced the changes to reporting guidelines introduced in the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The gender reporting ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... University, Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Children's Hospital, Royal Women's Hospital and the University of Melbourne. ESSSuper has also included a statement on tobacco as part of its sustainability ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Scheme, CalPERS, APG Asset Management, PGGM, and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. See Also: ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer Investment and the art of political mainten ...