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Directors say improvements needed to corporate culture: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... infrastructure (41%) and roads (33%). More than half - 53% - of directors reported their boards were actively seeking to increase gender diversity while 77% reported they were actively looking to increase diversity of skills.

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... companies without female directors. "On director elections, there are a few hot-button topics," John said. "The first for us is gender diversity work. This AGM season, we're recommending votes against male directors up for election to male boards.... ...

Allens sets target to achieve 35% female partners by 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... organisations in Australia to become a signatory to the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and for the past 12 years the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has recognised Allens as an employer of choice for gender diversity. See Also: The Sustainability ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... female representation across ASX 200 boards. Louise Petschler, general manager - advocacy, AICD In the latest AICD Quarterly Gender Diversity Report, at the end of August, there were only 25.4% women appointed directors across the ASX 200, as compared ...

Diversity Council Australia explores "double jeopardy" facing culturally diverse women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... are leaders or aspiring leaders in Australian-based businesses say that there is strong evidence that "double jeopardy" - gender and cultural background combining - is locking them out of leadership. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia The ...

New super funds use technology, responsible investment focus to reach members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... from no females on the companies don't align with our ethos, it has been shown and proven that companies where there is no gender diversity on boards perform worse than companies with diversity," she said. It is interesting to note that both Zuper and ...

30% Club Australia calls for renewed push to get women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... female appointments to ASX200 boards has slowed in 2017. "The recent Australian Institute of Company Directors' Quarterly Gender Diversity report showed that the monthly rate of female appointments to ASX 200 boards declined from 44% in 2016 to just ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Management's Emilio Gonzalez with $10.45 million. ACSI also attempted this year to analyse whether there was gender gap in the pay between male CEOs and female CEOs, but discovered that as there were only 9 women in total serving as CEOs of ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... addressed is the fact that while financial hardship and exclusion is equally found in men as in women, historically, the gender split in accessing NILS and StepUP loans has been split 70/30% towards women, meaning that men are accessing funding in other ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... that are of larger." O'Connor noted that there has been an increase in dedicated impact theme bonds, highlighting NAB's Gender Equality Bond, the issuance of certified green bonds, and the July issuance of Australian Catholic University's Sustainability ...