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Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... unconscious biases and thinking about the skills they need. For some companies, their biggest challenge is human capital management. For others, their challenge is technology - we see companies where, really, you have to doubt that directors understand ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... affiliated groups and consultancies, including Local Government Super (LGS), AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, GRESB's research is coordinated out of the Maastricht University's European Centre for Corporate Engagement and ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... practice under the governance heading. Under the environment heading, the guide addresses climate change; environmental management system and compliance, efficiency (waste, water, energy) and other environmental issues such as toxics and biodiversity. ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... London, Melissa Brown, a director at Responsible Research, and Luciane Ribeiro, executive officer at Santander Asset Management Brasil. Additionally, Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, secretary general of the Government Pension Fund of Thailand, John Oliphant ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Investors (ACSI), a body representing41 'profit-for-member' superannuation funds with more than AU$300bn in assets under management. "We have been impressed with many [directors], but there are also examples where you can't but help think that some directors ...

Citibank Australia appoints Samantha Mostyn non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Mostyn was a member of the senior executive team at Insurance Australia Group from 2002-2008. She previously held senior management positions with Singtel Optus and Cable & Wireless, and served as a senior adviser to a previous Australian federal government. ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility "Analysing social risk needs to be a biz-as-usual part of the risk management of businesses," said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR) ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the banks' business practices. In terms of managing environmental exposures, the bank has developed an environmental management system giving a structured approach for assessing how the bank's operations impact on the environment and sets targets to ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... nature of sustainability risks and the importance investors place on the disclosure of performance against and effective management of these risks," the report said. The ASX50 had the best performing companies, with almost half the companies reporting ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the work they have been doing in terms of the advice they've been getting." The initial reaction from the investment management community is that the carbon tax will not have a dramatic effect on superannuation funds' portfolios, Birgden said. "Our research ...