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Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... analysis and how they get started with that." In the Australian jurisdiction, the legal and regulatory view is that company directors have a fiduciary obligation to consider the impacts of climate change in line with directors duties under the Corporations ...

ACSI names Ian Silk as new president, Antony Thow as deputy president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... president. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Silk and Thow will take up their new positions in August. Silk and Thow are both directors at the council, and will replace Gerard Noonan of Media Super and Trish Donohue of Cbus, whose terms expire in August. "We ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... emphasis on maintaining trust and social license to operate having as much importance as financial return. A panel of directors - Paula Dwyer, chairman of Tabcorp Holdings Limited and Healthscope Limited, Rebecca McGrath, independent chair and non-executive ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... introduce resolutions. It would leave us with one way to try to do the work we want to do, which is organising votes against directors. We're trying to work on that issue. Also as part of the D-F act, we have the SEC regulation around companies disclosing ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Board directors and senior management must give proper consideration to the risks of climate change, "with a view to ensuring that these risks are incorporated into strategic decision making, and appropriate consideration is given to the need for disclosure ...

Experts discuss impact of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... domestic and international developments that are guiding the legal views of what fiduciary responsibilities company directors have in disclosure climate risks. In his speech, Summerhayes cited the Paris Agreement, a report by the Financial Stability ...

ACSI appoints two new members to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has added two new directors to the board - Ian Silk, CEO of Australian Super, and Candy Broad, independent director at First Super. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO AustralianSuper is Australia's largest ...

Morphic Asset Management launches ethical global equities LIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... on 19 April 2017. Trading on the ASX is expected to commence on 3 May 2017. The Board of MEC will include Independent Directors JoAnna Fisher (Chair), Mark Forstmann and Virginia Malley.

Number of culturally diverse women ASX leaders "extremely low": DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... cultural diversity and gender in leadership positions. The researchers found that as of 2015, women represented 8.2% of directors, 4.9% of senior executives, 4.2% of CEOs and 13.0% of CFOs. The research also found that the proportion of culturally diverse ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Alice Cope, executive manager, UN Global Compact Network Australia. "The statement needs to be approved by the board of directors and signed by a director. So, while the legislation doesn't require specific action beyond issuing the statement, most companies ...