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Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... inequality, it's also that we feel that there's almost an inevitability to it, and if you as a company don't evolve from a shareholder focus towards a more stakeholder oriented focus, you'll be left behind by the investment class." Companies that do ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has announced that Diane Smith-Gander will retire as a non-executive director of the company at the company's November AGM. Smith-Gander will retire by rotation and will not seek re-election at the 12 November election. Wesfarmers Chairman ...

Governance Institute backs recommendations for virtual AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... because they're more efficiently run for organisations, they're cheaper in cost, and also they allow much more shareholder participation." Even as the government works through the legislative changes need to make virtual and hybrid AGMs permanent ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... statements and where the accountability for these actions rest. The results of meetings will inform how the fund could use shareholder resolutions or voting to seek change, HESTA said. "The nature of these agreements and how they are negotiated represents ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... general manager, board services at IAG, Lyn Nikolopoulos, company secretary at CIMIC Group, and Marnie Reid, head of shareholder services at AMP weighed in on managing the conversion from live AGM to virtual events in the span of weeks from the onset ...

Australian Ethical sees further growth for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment is at the "early stage" of benefiting from the growth in demand for ethical products, and expects further growth even as the company recently announced record profits for the 2020 financial year. Australian Ethical reported ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible investor portfolios is environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration, and corporate engagement and shareholder action, representing 44% and 37% of responsible investment AUM under a primary and secondary investment strategy, respectively ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the AAIB note. Climate Action 100+ is one of the world's most prominent institutional investor initiatives using shareholder engagement to pursue climate goals, representing US$40 trillion in assets under management. Australian superannuation funds ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance factors have played in company performance, the role of a founder as leader or significant shareholder comes into play. Many qualitative fund managers evaluate the impacts of founder-led companies on issues like occupational ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... statements and where the accountability for these actions rest. The results of meetings will inform how the fund could use shareholder resolutions or voting to seek change, HESTA said. "We are committed to engaging with companies to understand how they ...