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Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ethical issues, the report also notes that listed Australian media companies show poor compliance with ASX corporate governance guidelines. Only a few of the companies analysed by AMP Capital had majority of independent directors, and overall, of the ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and manufacture of building products. An investor in SOL for almost 20 years, Perpetual has been raising corporate governance concerns with the company for the last five years around issues including "lack of independent directors; cross ownership (SOL ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... social aspects focusing on the long-term development of corporate value. The questions cover topics including corporate governance, risk and crisis management, human capital development and the quality of environmental and social reporting. After analysing ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... and transparency. "It makes no sense to me that while listed companies are aggressively held to account on corporate governance and disclosure, fund managers, super funds even people at government agencies are let off the hook," he said. "If you believe ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... analysis of ESG risks and opportunities. At the moment, ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... amendments as reasons for abstaining or voting against resolutions last year. But Karin Halliday, AMP Capital's corporate governance manager, said that as a result of the "two strikes" rule, there is increased engagement with companies. Under the two-strikes ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... its WOB Traffic Light Index to evaluate how they are responding to the revised ASX Principle 3 of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. WOB then rated the companies on a traffic light system - a red light, or 1, meaning the company ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the US and EU markets, some companies have express concern about that." Edgerton also pointed to changes in corporate governance standards in Asia as another overseas trend to watch. "In the past 12 months, there has been a ramp up in corporate governance ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and environmental impacts by ASX100 companies are, in general, poorer than results of similar studies into corporate governance disclosures, stakeholder engagement and disclosures on water "This may be because of the relatively recent recognition of ...

Rio Tinto, government partner for Pilbara governance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Nyiyaparli and Ngarlawangga. The traditional owner groups will be offered induction training for new directors; corporate governance workshops; ongoing corporate governance support and mentoring services for directors. This will be coordinated by the ...