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US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... vote against the four James Hardie directors up for election, including Lloyd. ISS said it had "material corporate governance concerns" around the James Hardie board. The acquisition of Azek also sparked the ASX to launch a review into shareholder approval ...

IGCC launches climate resilience, governance guides

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... new guides, Climate Capability for Boards and Beyond Risk to Building Resilience, designed to strengthen corporate governance and climate resilience. Climate Capability for Boards: A Framework for Transition-Ready Governance is designed to help investors ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... harm (DNSH) in respect of other key environmental objectives and meeting minimum social safeguards (MSS) for corporate governance, human rights and First Nations people's rights. The release of the Taxonomy is a significant development in Australia's ...

Index investors keen on proxy voting: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... proxy voting process. Despite the importance of proxy voting, Galloway said the critical role it plays in corporate governance, and the transparency regarding their voting record that asset managers deliver via regular disclosure, many investors aren't ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... and meet notification obligations. Kitt said super members and shareholders are increasingly scrutinising corporate governance policies, and yet many boards fail to acknowledge that poor cyber security practices are a direct risk to shareholder value. ...

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Global corporate governance data provider Glass Lewis has acquired a Stockholm-based technology platform to enhance institutional-level investment stewardship data and workflows. Purchasing Esgaia will accelerate Glass Lewis' strategy to more holistically ...

Investors still drawn to DEI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... been largely top-down driven, weakening diversity at the board level could have long-term consequences for corporate governance," commented Singapore-based head of sustainable finance, Asia-Pacific S&P Global Ratings Bertrand Jabouley. Despite this ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... established a course on shareholder activism at Monash and conducted academic research on superannuation funds and corporate governance after transitioning from a successful two-decade career as a practising lawyer at Johnson Winter & Slattery. The new ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investment decisions, the firm added. Investors would be wise to sharpen their focus on management quality and corporate governance to avoid being caught off guard, as companies with poorer corporate behaviour and culture have "consistently underperformed ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... He is now open for project-based or part-time work on stewardship, beneficiary voice, workforce issues and corporate governance. Research head Katherine Ng, APAC director Matt McAdam, product development director Ayodele Olaniran, corporate comms head ...