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Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Report. "As a shareholder, I wrote to the auditor of each company, posing questions.... This is another signal that shareholders want to see compliance with the law and we wanted to know that the auditors had made sure that there were procedures in place ...

Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... directors that have holdings that are overweight relative to an index tracker benchmark, or who are large minority shareholders or company founders. ACSI does not have a quantified amount of shares that directors must hold, but emphasised that having ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... its proponents and (if the board recommends a vote 'against') to explain publicly why its position better serves shareholders' long term interests." ACSI states in its policies that shareholders should not have to meet "unduly difficult thresholds to ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... chairman." An effective board skills matrix will have the effect of attracting the correct director candidates and assure shareholders about composition as well as demonstrate for regulators the degree of board independence and appropriate skills, Murdoch ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... finds that cyber and data security are no longer technology considerations and should be a discussion point between shareholders and company management and boards. "In 2009 when we looked at the telecommunications industry, we felt that data security ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... profit business. Business, the most powerful man-made force on the planet, must create value for society, not just shareholders. B Corporations create higher quality jobs and improve the quality of life in communities. And, as the movement grows, it ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... continued profitability under pathways that limit the world to 2 C warming; and (b) include in future annual reporting to shareholders, at reasonable cost and omitting any proprietary information, information about ongoing power generation and supply ...

EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... what it will look like in 10 or more years' time, and understand the impacts on their ability to provide returns to shareholders. This is particularly the case for carbon intensive organisations or those reliant on carbon intensive sectors, but it applies ...

ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... resolution to CBA, requesting the bank report on the financing of carbon emissions. CBA declined to put the resolution to shareholders, and ACCR, joined by Environmental Justice Australia, challenged CBA in court. Last week, the Federal Court on Friday ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and Environmental Justice Australia on the right of shareholders to put a resolution on carbon emissions disclosures to the annual general meeting (AGM). Last year, ACCR put a resolution ...