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WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of ASX200 companies have "serious work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and two other climate change investor groups have launched a global investor survey that will include a new, comprehensive assessment of low-carbon investments. IGCC, in conjunction with the European Institutional ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has sent letters to the CEOs of 415 of the largest companies around the world, calling for cost-effective management and reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters ...

Proposed disclosure measures for corporate bonus clawbacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... legislation announced by Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer David Bradbury. The announced reforms will amend the Corporations Act to require boards to disclose this information to shareholders through the remuneration report. If the company has ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Mercer only gave 9% of more than 5,000 environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies in their database their highest ratings because their evaluation is based on how strategies integrate ESG into the active construction of portfolio ...

Australian Ethical appoints Louise Herron director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Louise Herron as a non-executive director. Herron, a lawyer and corporate adviser, is currently executive director of corporate advisory firm Ironbark Group, which she co-founded in 2007. She has worked as ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a vehicle for innovation and not just risk mitigation, and the challenge for CSR practitioners is to find the areas where businesses can use social needs as a source of profit generation. The Australian Centre ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the criminal code which would put Australia's regime in closer alignment with other countries, particularly the UK Bribery Act 2010, which came into effect in July 2011 and which does not allow a defence for facilitation payments. A facilitation payment ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs are predominately driven by the view that its value is derived from enhancing corporate reputation, reducing risk and facilitating regulatory compliance, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Only 9% of more than 5,000 investment strategies in Mercer database achieve the highest ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings. Mercer has rated strategies within its Global Investment Manager Database (GIMD) for ESG since 2008 ...