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Australian Shareholders' Association hires Judith Fox

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has hired Judith Fox as chief executive officer. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Fox will join ASA on 27 February. She comes to ASA From the Governance Institute of Australia, where she ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
A total of 43 ASX200 companies assured their sustainability data in 2013, according to research from Net Balance that also finds an emerging trend of companies assuring human rights disclosures in addition to environmental data. This is Net Balance's ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has developed a fossil fuel policy that rules out future investments in thermal coal, unconventional oil such as shale and deep water drilling and in companies that extract gas through fracking. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... PFZW/PGGM (Netherlands) and VicSuper. The two highest ranking insurance companies, the UK's Aviva and Norway's Storebrand ASA, both received an AA rating from AODP. A total of 27 asset owners scored an A rating or above compared to 22 last year. AODP ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has published a guide designed to accountants' capacity to provide assurance on sustainability reports for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). Amir Ghandar The report, A Guide for Assurance on SME Sustainability Reports, is a practitioners' ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Only 30 ASX100 companies in 2011 had their sustainability reporting assured by independent third parties, in line with global trends, according to research from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Net Balance Foundation. ...

ASA opposes Santos CEO $2m share grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has struck out at a proposal from Santos to grant AU$2m grant of performance shares to CEO David Knox, in addition to his normal base salary plus short and long term incentives. The company put the issue ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... therefore can't be traded. "For us, it's a rights issue," said Vas Kolesnikoff, CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA). "From a corporate's perspective, you do a big issue to the institutions, and after three days, you've got your money. ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the number of votes tabled at a general meeting. Vas Kolesnikoff, CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association, said the ASA would shortly launch an initiative to allow small shareholders to lodge a standard proxy with the association electronically ...
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