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Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors.

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors. KPMG recently released a report ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... changes in regulation or changes in technology." "Carbon emissions are heavily skewed into the utilities, energy, industrials, and mining sectors," McDonald said. "If we really want to attack the biggest problem areas in the economy, we can start by ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... market, Insight Investment noted that in 2019, the core sectors of financials, governments, utilities, energy and industrials all experienced significant growth in issuance in 2019, "with financials leading the charge, adding more than $78bn in green ...

Controlled companies underperformed non-controlled firms: IRRCi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... also found that nearly 70% of all controlled companies are in three sectors - 40% in consumer discretionary, 16.2% in industrials and 12.4% in consumer staples. The study also found that controlled companies underperform non-controlled firms on one- ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... signatories in 2012. The signatories wrote to 300 companies in the 17 industries in the energy, utilities, materials, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors. These 17 industries and 300 companies were selected because they have "high average ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... and articulating risks and opportunities around use of the five commodities. Australian company Brambles was named industrials and auto industry sector leader.

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting on those activities internally and externally to demonstrate the value they're creating, Dunn said. "Some industrials that have a fairly big global footprint, they do good work, they do good community social responsibilities programs, but people ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... controversies were more prevalent than human rights controversies in ASX200 companies. The materials, consumer staples, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors notably have the highest frequency of labour rights controversies. The materials, utilities ...

Australian Ethical funds post mixed month for February

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Companies Trust had the highest returns for the moth, with a 4.5% return, underperforming the benchmark ASX Small Industrials index, which gained 8.5% per cent. Australian Ethical pointed to the strong performance of regenerative medicines company Avita ...