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Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX included Recommendation 7.4 to Principle 7, covering how listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare. She has also taken on the job of meeting with superannuation fund trustee boards and investment committees with a presentation outlining health, financial and reputational risks that she believes tobacco ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... participating in a recent Mercer survey have reported that they do not currently have independent directors on their trustee boards. Pam McAlister, partner and senior governance consultant, Mercer Mercer surveyed 33 superannuation fund CEOs, fund secretaries ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies over this issue of pricing of underwriting fees. "We would go back to the ACSI governance guidelines, which say boards should seek to minimise the costs of reading new equity," Harut said. "I think it's as part of the board's broader oversight ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... will result GRI separating out its advocacy work from the standards-setting work and lead to the creation of new governing boards and processes. It is intended to strengthen the formal recognition by governments and regulatory bodies of the GRI's standard ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... governance risks," Mercer said. Mercer has 13 responsible investment consultants around the world who specialise in advising boards of superannuation funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments on sustainable and responsible investment matters. ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... next step. Why are they having trouble? I think that there's not one single explanation. A lot of business leaders and boards have made commitments to sustainability, but have not yet realised how deeply the commitments can transform an organisation ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Philipp Aeby, chief executive officer of RepRisk, a provider of data on ESG risks for companies and projects. While company boards consider core business failure to be the biggest risk, when it comes to reputation, the biggest impacts over the last eight ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... responses and policies. "There are lots of sources for trustees to tap into - IGCC are an excellent resource for trustee boards to immediately tap into the research and latest industry thinking down to the sorts of products that they might consider as ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... board competency on climate risk. This is an area we're looking at - what is the competency set of our directors on listed boards, and are they measuring up?"