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IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... not been a lot of progress made at trustee level and a lot of the conversations following the reports are focusing on how boards should be responding, how they can be responding rapidly." But there are other barriers to the transition to lower carbon ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... was running my own responsible investment/charity research business, I also held positions on investment committees and boards of mainstream financial institutions, so I've always maintained an involvement in the industry at large. That sort of informs ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the first time, all ASX50 companies currently have at least one woman on their board. Overall, 164 women serve on ASX200 boards and hold 230 positions, meaning that 28% of women hold multiple directorships. However ACSI President Gerard Noonan said he ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Corporate boards are more willing to engage with investors around governance issues beyond remuneration into areas including board independence, succession planning and related party transactions, which AMP Capital attributes to the impact of the two-strikes ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... appointments need to be based on merit, directors should have an understanding of a company's business and market place, boards that have members with varied "skills knowledge, expertise, experience, personality, communication styles and interpersonal ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... vehicle for CEFC, an aggregator or we would be taken in as a merger. Right now, the decision has been taken by the two boards to pursue that merger and we're commencing due diligence, because like any other commercial transaction, the board of CEFC had ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... costs and that there's a higher level of information risk, lower firm valuations because of all the pressure put on company boards and executives to come up with the short term gains. That's at the expense of the asset owner from a prudent risk management ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies are continuing to appoint more women to boards, leading to more diversity in age as well as in gender, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The AICD ASX 200 Snapshot Report 2012 found that women directors ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Boards of listed companies are continuing to increase the amount of time they spend engaging with investors, particularly around executive remuneration issues, said Amanda Wilson, Regnan managing director. Wilson said that in the lead-up to this year's ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... activities to reduce their own emissions on the basis that it's cheaper than buying on the market. That's what I think what boards should be looking at, at the moment." See Also: Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch Farmers, land managers ...