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Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... a director at Ownership Matters. "I've detected no appetite on the behalf of institutional voters to start chucking out boards for getting aspects of the pay structure wrong. It's lowered the outrage threshold and given a lot more public attention that's ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne The research highlighted that bringing women onto boards remains a slow process with incremental movements. Women represented 7.2% of S&P/ASX 100 directors and held 8.3% of all board ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... five year time horizons, but there is no suggestion that there is a causal relationship - i.e., that appointing women to boards will automatically generate outperformance. The incidence of outperformance in companies with women directors isn't understood ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... of ASX500 board positions, up from 7.1% in 2010. The three industry sectors with the highest representation of women on boards were financials, with 14.1% - up from 10.6% in 2010; healthcare, with 13% female representation, up from 10.1% last year; and ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... in 2011, the company established a new board membership policy that outlined its take on directors serving on multiple boards, "to guard against directors over committing their time," the report said. The company also created a diversity policy. In June ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... rid of the board, directors will face fresh elections at a subsequent spill meeting. The legislation also stipulates that boards must declare the use of remuneration consultants and directors will be prohibited from participating in votes on remuneration ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Institute of Company Directors. Thus far in 2011, women have comprised on average 29% of all new appointments to ASX 200 boards, compared to only 5% in 2009, and 8% in 2007 and 2008. As of 1 August 2011, there are still 70 ASX200 boards without any female ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) last week launched Tomorrow's boards: Creating balanced and effective boards, a book that details the current composition of Australia's boards, selection practices and the advantages inherent in ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... practices of investee companies, particularly when exercising voting rights. "ACSI believes that 'good' governance requires boards to consider and manage all material risks facing the company, including environmental, social and corporate governance ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Women have comprised 29% of all new appointments to ASX200 boards so far this year, according to research compiled by the Australian Institute of Company Directors. However, overall, women only make up 12.7% of directors on ASX200 listed companies. ...