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Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the most effective means of driving up standards," said Stephen Haddrill, FRC chief executive. "Success depends on shareholders paying attention to explanations. That is why we have developed the Stewardship Code to encourage engagement by institutional ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... venture if the incorporated joint venture agreed," he said. "The problem with this approach was that the minority shareholders might be able to block this transfer of liability. "What the government is proposing - and this is an excellent idea - is that ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... companies for the financial year ended 30 June 2010 as a "health check" on market practices in remuneration reporting to shareholders. "In examining compliance with the statutory requirements, our review exposed some areas where disclosures about remuneration ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Shareholders in Australian companies have vastly increased power to over executive remuneration under legislation that will take effect in July. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Editor's note: This Q&A is derived from a longer interview. It has been condensed and edited. See Also: Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... boilerplate discussion, often used for remuneration policy or how fixed pay levels are set, is of minimal use to shareholders and simply adds to the length of reports without providing information. Anecdotal evidence suggests however that over the past ...

Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... requirements for sustainability data and enable reporters to provide relevant information to various stakeholders, including shareholders, investors and consumers. It should also improve on content in the current guidelines - G3 and G3.1 - with strengthened ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Woodside Petroleum Ltd shareholders - including signatories to the UNPRI - have rejected a resolution that would have amended the corporate constitution to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... in its sustainable development review that in 2010, the company expanded its stakeholder assessment to include key shareholders, investment houses, academics, non-governmental organisation, global leaders and 33,000 employees who completed the firm's ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... ambitious agenda of expansion of PRI "work streams", including increasing the PRI clearinghouse, a forum allowing shareholders to pool knowledge and resources; widening the scope of asset classes to include fixed income, infrastructure, commodities and ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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