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Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... in this country," Petschler said. "Women need to be participating in all decision-making forums, including corporate Australia."

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... because that then gives the certainty around demand which lets you go out and roll that out. A large part of corporate Australia is early in its adoption of this stuff."

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... mishandling data and difficulty in putting a value on data have been identified as key data governance concerns for corporate Australia. The report, authored by CSIRO's Data61, the digital specialist arm of the national science agency, found that the ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... has tremendous potential to combine environmental and social impact with responsible capital allocation for corporate Australia, linking organisations' cost of capital with the increasing community expectations and growing focus on a business's environmental ...

ASX200 hits target of 30% women on boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... recognised the value of board gender diversity. ACSI and our members adopted a 30 per cent target in 2015. To have corporate Australia achieve and, in many cases, now exceed this target is a good outcome." More than 40 ASX200 companies currently have ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... Rebuilding Trust in Corporate America, and Triggs highlighted the role of human rights and its importance to corporate Australia. Triggs noted that issues of trust had been raised by Kenneth Hayne in his report following the Royal Commission into Misconduct ...

CEFC invests $30m in Woolworths Group green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... drive the development of the Australian green bond market, delivering higher awareness of its benefits for corporate Australia and how funds are allocated." Woolworths Group includes well known Australian and New Zealand brands Woolworths, Countdown ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as well as engaging directly on these issues to influence corporate Australia, noted Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. Core Responsible Investments using negative or positive screening, sustainability themed ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to improve their sustainability reporting, with focus on environmental issues such as climate change and water, however there are still laggards that are not reporting sufficiently or at all on sustainability issues, according ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... billion LGS. "We have promptly invested in the green bond issuance out there." ANZ is actively engaging with corporate Australia on the subject of green bond issuance, and Katharine Tapley, ANZ's director of sustainable finance solutions noted that having ...