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ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... working to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace under the Respect@Work Positive Duty. Executive remuneration "ESG risks and opportunities continue to be financially material to investors," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "Our Governance ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... ethical investor would vote against chair Ryan Stokes at this year's AGM and would also vote against the executive remuneration report. "It is vital that we do see that alignment to the Paris Agreement," Fraser said. "We are working to escalate this ...

Investors call for leadership diversity at ASX300 listed companies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... executive leadership teams, with a pledge to achieve equal gender representation in leadership by 2030. Linking executive remuneration to achieving gender targets is one method to achieve targets, according to 40:40 Vision supporter Melior Investment ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Prominent Asian utilities investors are actively engaging with companies to align executive remuneration with climate progress in their investment portfolios. Despite the welcome progress on climate, investors are calling for more accelerated climate ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... decision to vote against CEO remuneration due to a lack of climate-related KPIs: the firm has voted against executive remuneration-related proposals in 27% (89 out of 332) AGMs of companies in the energy and utilities sectors. It said this was due to ...

CEO pay falls in 2022, but 2023 the next test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that boards are more sensitive to prevailing economic conditions in 2021 and greater cognisance of how executive remuneration sits in wider investor and stakeholder priorities, a change from previous recent cycles. "Post the financial crisis, very few ...

ASX C-Suite notch up double-digit salary increases: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... according to the Governance Institute of Australia. The Governance Institute has released its annual Board & Executive Remuneration Report in collaboration with McGuirk Management Consultants. The report surveyed 1167 boards from across the public, private ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... he explained. "It might be drilling from a governance perspective on how climate targets are embedded in executive remuneration and looking at how companies are doing that, the degree to which that incentivises executives to make progress towards achieving ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... compensation to ESG KPIs and incorporating climate considerations into lobbying/political donations. "Aligning executive remuneration to climate action is an area that's emerging but is still fairly nascent," Symons said. "There are some great examples ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Internal carbon price, if relevant, and decision-making How climate-related considerations are factored into executive remuneration policies The consultation period will end on 14 July 2023.