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APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund's return has grown faster than that." The superannuation industry needs to set a target of 40%/40%/20% for gender representation on boards - 40% women, 40% men, and 20% mixed, Braund said. "The industry should set targets, measure ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... with, and conserve and protect, their traditionally-owned lands." Rio Tinto's section analyses how the company integrates gender considerations across its mining sites. In 2009, Rio Tinto published the leading guidance document, Why gender matters, to ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the highest in the 12 years that ACSI has performed this research. Companies in the ASX101-200 still lag their peers in gender diversity, with women accounting for less than 10% of all individual directorships in the ASX101-200, and more than half of ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... issues. "The issue with the highest level of 'no opinion' concerned investors' confidence in boards having the correct gender balance," the report said. "Across the 41 institutional investors that responded, almost 20% had no opinion on whether S&P/ASX ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... now it appears that change is a long way off." Other social factors, such as basic employee statistic and a breakdown of gender and role were reported across the sector, as well as diversity and workplace health and safety, and the majority of the internally ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Graincorp, Mirabela Nickel, Mirvac Group, Pacific Brands, Telstra, Westfield Group, Woodside Petroleum and Woolworths. Gender diversity is not the only diversity area that needs to be measured and improved, Bennett said. "Of course this is about all ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... quality of the directors. We found that there was more board diversity of those transnationals, as opposed to others, with gender biases and the discounting applied by older directors. Australia lags behind most of the rest of the world when it comes ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... bribery. Additionally, large listed companies will be required to provide information on their diversity policy, covering age, gender, geographical diversity, and educational and professional background. Disclosures would set out the objectives of the ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... "conservative", compared to some international law reform in progress. ACSI pointed to a proposed European Union directive on gender diversity that would see women holding 40% of board positions by 2020. At the current pace of board appointments, Australia ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... noting that companies are more open to explaining their remuneration practices, companies are also making positive moves on gender diversity of board positions. "In 2010, when I first gathered statistics on board diversity, 60% of companies that we owned ...