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Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... 2013, Karin Halliday, AMP Capital's corporate governance manager, examined the question of effective communication between boards of listed companies and investors, and how they approach engagement on environmental, social and governance issues. "In ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have a general level of confidence in the boards of ASX100 companies, believing that boards act in the interests of all shareholders and that they are competent in setting strategy, but have lower levels of confidence in boards' ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... members on those companies are nationals from an emerging market, highlighting a need for increased diversity on those boards, according to AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM's responsible ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The "glacial" rate of increase in the number of women appointed to ASX200 boards coupled with the fact that nearly 19% of companies failed to meet basic disclosure requirements on diversity policies means that Australia could face the imposition of ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... are occurring, so we're asking for a very big change," she said. "That needs to be incremental. For issues like women on boards - that's something that's still a work in progress. Even though, now, it's up around 15%, there needs to be a sustained push ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... percentage of ACSI and broader market opposition to remuneration practices in poor reporting companies; fewer women on the boards of companies with poor sustainability reporting practices; [and] companies that better disclose ESG risks are rated by external ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... that climate change adaption is a strategic challenge, most other are struggling. Further, the report said that corporate boards need to reframe climate change risk, moving from a corporate social responsibility (CSR) remit and into a key strategic issue. ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... capitals are best reported - or can only be reported - in a qualitative, narrative form, the ACCA paper said. 'CFOs and Boards have tended to privilege information which can be quantified, focus on the short term and ignore the impact that value creation ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... not been a lot of progress made at trustee level and a lot of the conversations following the reports are focusing on how boards should be responding, how they can be responding rapidly." But there are other barriers to the transition to lower carbon ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... was running my own responsible investment/charity research business, I also held positions on investment committees and boards of mainstream financial institutions, so I've always maintained an involvement in the industry at large. That sort of informs ...