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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?"

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... organisation is only driven by reporting frameworks." The BITC CR Index noted that 80% of the participating companies' boards have "agreed and monitored their policy on taxation, with half of CR Index participant companies publicly disclosing their policies," ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX has 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 ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has increased its focus on succession planning for senior management and boards of directors and sees the issue as part of overall quality of leadership when considering governance issues in companies. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX proposed adding Recommendation 7.4 to Principle 7, covering how listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether, and if so how, it has regard ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... worked in both the government and private sector, in Australia, the Seychelles and the UK, SVA said. He has served on the boards of several non-profits, and as CIO for two large UK health trusts and has previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Electronic ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies, experts say it that proportion is too low and increasing too slowly. Claire Braund, executive director, Women on Boards According to APRA's June 2013 Superannuation Bulletin, the proportion of superannuation funds with at least two women directors ...