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More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... female-occupied board seats. This potentially brings two governance issues into conflict with each other - increasing gender diversity and concerns over overboarding, or the concern that a director is serving on too many boards to effectively manage ...

Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... with three having never appointed women directors. Roc-Sennett focused in on the material issues relating to gender diversity that investors can influence through engagement and active ownership, including looking at the so-called "broken rung", whereby ...

Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Mercer research which found that in the funds management sector, Australia ranked 12th out of 22 in the world on gender diversity with just under 10% of key decision makers (KDM) being women. However, Beattie emphasises that the current trends of fund ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... resources and diversity and inclusion." In other areas needing attention, less than half - 47% - of the ASX200 have a gender diversity policy with measurable targets and progress metrics against those targets and 76% of the ASX200 do not have a Reconciliation ...

Baring Private Equity Asia inks multi-billion dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... targets that will reduce the interest rate of the loan if BPEA can achieve the objectives, primarily linked to gender diversity and climate change. The facility will support BPEA's private equity investment platform. On gender diversity, BPEA will ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... conference (COP26), diversity and creating workplaces that reflect wider communities, and the impact of COVID-19 on gender diversity progress, and governance- driving accountability and transparency and the role of the board in connecting ESG with strategy ...

NSW Land Registry Services in $300m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Action Plan and other ESG metrics. Additional sustainability metrics focus on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, gender diversity and continued leadership in the GRESB Infrastructure Asset Assessment. "We are the trusted custodians of NSW land and titling ...

No all male-boards on ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... commitment of ASX chairs and directors, as well as the numerous groups who have pushed for change and ensured that gender diversity remains a priority for organisations. "We want to ensure this success is maintained. It is important all chairs to continue ...

Gender pay gaps "sabotage" diversity, profits: UniSA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... years of data from 2004-2013, constituting 2095 observations. "Organisations are doing things to try to improve gender diversity and one of those things is in the area of female representation at executive level," said Jill Gould, a co-researcher on ...

Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... resources to hire ESG expertise," Bottega said. "They have a heritage of being early on tobacco exclusion, early on gender diversity, and we love to talk to Australian consultants because they routinely flag issues that we will only see questions from ...