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Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... opportunities for signatories to participate in governance matters and also broaden the eligibility requirements for Directors, promoting diversity while deepening the skills and experience of the Board." See Also: PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... eliminating the worst labour practices in the supply chain, you are approaching that with a holistic view. That's what directors of major companies will be looking to over the next year." Beyond issues such as reporting and disclosure, this year, companies' ...

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... higher levels of leadership and influence in the coming years," said Antony Bugg-Levine, chair of the GIIN board of directors. "In addition to concrete and creative ideas for strengthening the industry, Amit has a clear understanding of how to harness ...

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has appointed representatives from Norges Bank Investment Management and NAREIT as non-executive directors to its board. Mie Holstad, Chief Administrative Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, and Steven Wechsler ...

PRI announces new Advisory Council members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the two asset owner positions. Their automatic confirmation was the result of Eric Loiselet, member of the board of directors, chairman of the investment policy monitoring committee, ERAPF, withdrawing his candidature on 21 October, PRI said. PRI further ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... There's work to be done within organisations to get risk managers, investor relations, secretaries, and sustainability directors working together and creating a common language to understand what role sustainability risk has in the short, medium and ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... issues, Hagart noted, and they see that ownership rights in listed Australian companies can be used to change the way directors think or operate. "We also believe in the advocacy piece and changing the system where we see imperfections or suboptimal ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
More than 11% of ASX200 non-executive board positions are held by directors who own no shares in the company, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) says goes counter to ACSI's expectation that directors will have "skin in the ...

GRI to implement new governance structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... reporting process standard practice for thousands of organizations," said Christianna Wood, Chairman of GRI's board of directors. "The new governance structure and the creation of the Global Sustainability Standards Board is part of the ongoing evolution ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... primacy: Is there a need for change?, was launched this week and seeks comment from stakeholders on the question of whether directors should consider more than just shareholder considerations, given increased community expectations of higher levels of ...