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Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... difficulties in managing. It's an area where they're seeking assistance. It's not to say we won't continue doing our work on gender reporting, building cultural capability and women in leadership in non-traditional areas." In addition, DCA also publishes ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... of aiding a good retirement outcome." In addition to the age-related findings on suicide and TPD, SuperMIND also found gender-based and geographic-based trends. Mental Illness-related TPD Claim rates were higher for men than women at all age groups between ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  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 ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Nearly all ASX-listed companies have adopted gender diversity policies or explained why not, but there is still a wide difference in performance when it comes to setting measurable objectives and disclosure of the proportion of women in organisations ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... and disclosure standard, and a board diversity policy including the establishment of "measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity for the board to assess annually both the objectives and progress in achieving them." These policies must be disclosed ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... that companies have the management in place for that future." The report also provides an update on the benefits of board gender diversity. AMP Capital has found the number of companies it invests in that have no women directors has fallen from 60% to ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... overcome "grand challenges" facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking ...

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 ...