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ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... ensure ARENA has a good mix of skills across renewable energy technology, commercialisation, investment and corporate governance," Minister Ferguson said. "The board will oversee ARENA's delivery of project funding; develop skills in the renewable energy ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... not require disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions. ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and communicate ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... report on their progress on meeting gender diversity standards in the revised ASX Principle 3 of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. ASX-listed companies are required to report against the revised Principle 3 in the first annual ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... approaches to building portfolios of listed global equities. The company has integrated environmental, social and corporate governance analysis into its investment process since its 2005 inception. Ross Youngman, CEO and Kim Tracey, portfolio manager ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ethical issues, the report also notes that listed Australian media companies show poor compliance with ASX corporate governance guidelines. Only a few of the companies analysed by AMP Capital had majority of independent directors, and overall, of the ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and manufacture of building products. An investor in SOL for almost 20 years, Perpetual has been raising corporate governance concerns with the company for the last five years around issues including "lack of independent directors; cross ownership (SOL ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... social aspects focusing on the long-term development of corporate value. The questions cover topics including corporate governance, risk and crisis management, human capital development and the quality of environmental and social reporting. After analysing ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... and transparency. "It makes no sense to me that while listed companies are aggressively held to account on corporate governance and disclosure, fund managers, super funds even people at government agencies are let off the hook," he said. "If you believe ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... analysis of ESG risks and opportunities. At the moment, ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... amendments as reasons for abstaining or voting against resolutions last year. But Karin Halliday, AMP Capital's corporate governance manager, said that as a result of the "two strikes" rule, there is increased engagement with companies. Under the two-strikes ...