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Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... gender diversity. If you're going in by saying 30% female, that can be, for some companies, quite difficult, and in some industries, it is a big step. But if you work through the need for cognitive diversity - you're starting to see, particularly on ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... gauge companies' lobbying activities. The CSA also expanded the impact measurement and valuation criteria to nearly all industries. RobecoSAM said it perceives policy influence as a material issue for investors "that deserves more attention from ESG ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... a realised-pay basis, with Macquarie Group's Nicholas Moore, Domino's Pizza Enterprises' Don Meij and James Hardie Industries' Louis Gries joining Westfield Corporation's CEOs, the Lowy brothers Peter and Steven, in this category. "Meij's ranking on ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... mainstream," said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director. "While other fund managers may be investing heavily in industries with an uncertain future, like coal, we're making positive investments that benefit the planet, people and animals. ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... gas and mining sectors," with 66 countries were found to be weak, poor or failing in their governance of extractive industries, and less than 20% of the 81 countries assessed achieved good or satisfactory overall ratings. Norway tops the list of governance ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... to a transition to a lower carbon economy. The TCFD is comprised of 32 industry members, drawn from a wide range of industries and countries from around the world. The task force released draft recommendations in December 2016 and elicited significant ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... sectors, material risks and opportunities have to be disclosed in relation to the particular company. "Even within industries, you can talk about the kinds of issues that are likely to present material risk and opportunity, but then you have to put the ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... haven't looked at what they report on, in terms of performance - we're only looking at metrics that you can apply across industries and sectors." According to modelling performed by The Sustainable Trust, Monte Carlo simulation shows that of the database ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... much a focus as our bottom line." Globally there are more than 2,160 certified B Corp businesses from more than 130 industries in over 50 countries, and currently 155 B Corps in Australia. Community Sector Banking previously won the Best for Communities ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... are prioritising gender equality, and it's a challenging thing to do, and I thought particularly interesting that the industries that are quite male dominated are prioritising [gender equality]. There's also been a huge amount of attention to gender ...