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DCA sets agenda for diversity and inclusion in 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
Australian businesses need to continue committing to diversity and inclusion policies and practices in 2017, according to Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA lamented the return of the phrase "political ...

Women comprise 25% of ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... membership on the topic, Petschler said. "Our role is very much around promoting the recognition and engagement around gender diversity," she said. "We don't have coercive power or regulatory power, but we promote our target and we are the voice of reporting ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... of Triodos, described the impact investment market as a new and "fairly embryotic market" but with an "extraordinary diversity of the social impact investment space." This diversity means that different managers can approach the sector in different ways. ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... and chair of Impact Investing Australia, and the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing. "The data reveals a diversity of investment activity, that is meeting financial expectations and touching the lives of thousands of people. This provides ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... companies will be in the firing line," Davidson said. "ACSI is not the only organisation to see the value in increased board diversity, but in the face of multiple campaigns, some boards are just not getting the message - and are now seriously out of ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... urges companies to "identify their plans to respond to this risk, in particular by encouraging them to set strategies to diversity into plant-based sources of protein." The coalition includes Swedish state pension funds AP2, AP3 and AP4, Aviva Investors ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia and globally." Davidson's appointment strengthens "the balance of the IIRC's board in terms of geography, gender, diversity and sector," IIRC noted. IIRC has also cited surveys from EY, in which 70% of institutional investors responding to ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... NAB Asset Servicing said. It can be used for monitoring carbon emissions, bribery events, board independency, board diversity, and greenhouse gas reduction targets, NAB said. As reported by The Sustainability Report, NAB Asset Servicing has been publicly ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... May. "The solid progress this year gives us hope that Australia's biggest companies have got the message that gender diversity is not just common sense, but also good business sense," said John Brodgen, AICD's managing director and chief executive officer. ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Although gender diversity is a governance issue for corporate boards globally, only 13% of executives from companies around the world expect a significant increase in the number of women in leadership roles in the next five years, according to a new ...