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Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... does note, however, that some companies are looking to redress imbalances by expanding their potential pool of recruits in gender and nationality. "It's one of the things that the sector hasn't yet come to terms with," Christensen said. "There tends ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... safety issues are routinely managed and reported in some industries, other issues, such as flexible working arrangements, gender, mental health and professional development are also being emphasised in companies' strategic focus and reporting. Geraldine ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... "We have also written to all of the trades and labour councils for superannuation funds to express our concern over the gender issue and we're going to run a series of one-day workshops nationwide to encourage greater diversity on board. We are inviting ...

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 ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... officially be launched in May 2013. In 2011, GRI published G3.1, an interim update that included additional guidances on gender, human rights and local communities. "The issues covered in G3.1 are also relevant for large multi and transnational companies ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... maternity leave in the previous five year period had left the company. Currently, CSL Australia/New Zealand operations have a gender split of 51% women and 49% men. The company also reported that LTIFR rates decreased by 30% over 2010/2011.

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... first year ACSI reviewed S&P/ASX 100 boards. "The results of the ACSI study showed the difficulty of efforts to correct gender imbalance in listed company executive and director ranks," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "There has been progress but the pace of ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... "These are various opinions around, but no one explanation," Brothers said. "Some suggest that companies with the more gender diversity have that diversity embedded in the culture of the company, where they search for better candidates regardless of ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... policies, Lyster said. "If you take the human rights framework and break that into occupational health and safety, diversity, gender issues, indigenous issues, privacy, etc., many are doing those things, have policies in place, and they do to some extent ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere throughout Europe and other countries which have found a positive correlation between gender diversity on boards and in management and enhanced corporate and financial performance. It's seen through a number of metrics ...