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Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... and chair of Impact Investing Australia, and the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing. "The data reveals a diversity of investment activity, that is meeting financial expectations and touching the lives of thousands of people. This provides ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... companies will be in the firing line," Davidson said. "ACSI is not the only organisation to see the value in increased board diversity, but in the face of multiple campaigns, some boards are just not getting the message - and are now seriously out of ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... urges companies to "identify their plans to respond to this risk, in particular by encouraging them to set strategies to diversity into plant-based sources of protein." The coalition includes Swedish state pension funds AP2, AP3 and AP4, Aviva Investors ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia and globally." Davidson's appointment strengthens "the balance of the IIRC's board in terms of geography, gender, diversity and sector," IIRC noted. IIRC has also cited surveys from EY, in which 70% of institutional investors responding to ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... NAB Asset Servicing said. It can be used for monitoring carbon emissions, bribery events, board independency, board diversity, and greenhouse gas reduction targets, NAB said. As reported by The Sustainability Report, NAB Asset Servicing has been publicly ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... May. "The solid progress this year gives us hope that Australia's biggest companies have got the message that gender diversity is not just common sense, but also good business sense," said John Brodgen, AICD's managing director and chief executive officer. ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Although gender diversity is a governance issue for corporate boards globally, only 13% of executives from companies around the world expect a significant increase in the number of women in leadership roles in the next five years, according to a new ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... juggling a wide range of issues to discuss and discuss - Rolfe specifically cited issues of culture, IT/cyber security, diversity and board skills as well as the more traditional focuses of financial reporting/audit and capital management, in addition ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to engage with members to connect members' concerns with megatrends like climate change, human rights and corporate diversity to actions their funds may be taking. Blicavs said that LGS holds around AU$60 million in BHP Billiton, and they take a position ...

UCA Funds Management supports 30% women on boards target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... that a preference for a female director makes it that little bit more of a challenge," Walsh said. "But that's where diversity comes in, because it encourages you to think more broadly about that challenge and other ways of meeting those requirements." ...