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Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... vote against board appointments on companies that do not have the 30% target by 2017. The asset owner push for greater gender diversity is having an impact in that it has caused recruitment agencies handling board appointment searches to look further ...

DCA calls for inclusive leadership at Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... have young homeless kids, getting them off the streets and getting them into the workplace. We have a strong drive around gender, from board level through to the divisions and management teams that make up the divisions, that's got a board objective ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is further embedding its policy on gender diversity on ASX-listed boards by considering recommending against the re-election of directors of companies which perform poorly on that measure. Louise ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Michael Meehan, GRI chief executive. "We'll be working to help businesses grow while increasing transparency, promoting gender equality and tackling corruption. We will also help the mining sector become a safer and more environmentally responsible industry." ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the company said. The company reported reducing lost time injury frequency rates (LITFR) to 0.98, down 12.5% on 2014. In gender equality, the company set a target of 30% of executive management positions for women in 2015, and hit 25.6%, a decrease from ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... value through diversity - by being an institution that "reflects the changing face of society", which could see ethnic and gender diversity being a greater requirement of boards in the next decade. "There's benefits in diversity, using other people's ...

AICD backs 30% women ASX200 directors target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... quota imposed by government," he said. "We have always said that companies should set their own measurable targets for gender diversity and to facilitate their efforts we are now nominating a standard that we consider appropriate." The target of 30% ...

Increase in ASX board cultural diversity: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... uptick in increasing the cultural diversity on boards and in CEO positions in listed companies, it has lagged progress in gender diversity. "We haven't had the culture of affirmative action on cultural diversity," Annese said. "What people define as ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... executive director, Women on Boards Women on Boards has release its 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which analyses the gender balance on boards across sectors including education, listed companies, not-for-profits, sporting boards and other entities. ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Companies with more than 100 employees will continue reporting gender equality data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), but the government has removed several requirements that were due to commence in April. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council ...