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30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to develop a timeframe within which they will achieve gender balance (40:40:20) on their boards. "Having 30% gender diversity on Australian boards has shifted from a target to aspire to a minimum standard," Davidson said. "We have updated our policy ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... are women, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The latest AICD Gender Diversity Report has revealed that while the gender representation of non-executive directors was balanced, there is still considerable ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... and/or inclusive value chains, or are majority women-owned or led. Issuers of the bonds must maintain substantial gender diversity in their leadership team or the team working on the bond. The principles also require continued transparency and verification ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... responsible investment adviser. During her time at there, she founded 40:40 Vision, an investor led initiative to drive gender diversity in the C-suite of ASX listed companies.

Cybersecurity tops ESG priorities for ASX companies: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... least Scope 1 and 2 emissions and setting targets to align with the Paris agreement by 2025. When it comes to gender diversity, the report found that industry difficulties in attracting gender diverse talent pools was the biggest inhibitor to achieving ...

Exploding the glass cliff myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... companies that showed a greater level of underperformance than the market. Realindex has researched how issues like gender diversity in company management can indicate potential investment opportunity. The quantitative manager integrates data from ESG ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode, brought to you by Realindex Investments, we discuss how a single issue like gender diversity can be used as an alpha signal as well as a qualitative measure of company risk and opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments ...

First Sentier Investors hires industry exec to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian equities growth team is leading the industry in the integration of climate change, modern slavery and gender diversity into our investment process." "I'm driven by a desire to actively engage with companies on behalf of end investors," Le ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... top-down push from further up in the supply chain across a range of issues including climate change, wage parity, gender diversity, health and safety, remuneration reporting, governance, and compliance. This requires C-Suite executives morph into "all-rounders" ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... on carbon intensity and net zero targets while showing only incremental improvements on social indicators like gender diversity on boards and executive leadership teams, according to Melior Investment Management. In its most recent quarterly report ...