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ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The ASX Corporate Governance Council has proposed a further evolution to its recommendations for how listed companies disclose environmental and social sustainability risks, including social license to operate and greater guidance on carbon risk. Louise ...

Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... strategic needs and enhance diversity." "According to the Corporate Governance Principles of the ASX Corporate Governance Council, boards should assess whether a director who has served on a board for more than 10 years has become too close to management ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has spoken with boards at times over the structuring and timing of share buyback schemes on the ASX, said Ed Johns, executive manager, governance, engagement and policy. "Buybacks are something we look to boards to oversee ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... principle with the recommendation, but noted that the responsibility over this rests with the ASX Corporate Governance Council, adding "the government encourages the Council to continue to keep the Principles and Recommendations and the guidance material ...

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... that some of these topics have been receiving "more attention by regulators and boards since the ASX Corporate Governance Council published the ASX Principles and Recommendations in 2014, we expect the 200 largest companies in Australia to inform their ...

ACSI supports "if not, why not" reporting for Modern Slavery requirement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... combat slavery in supply chains." ACSI points out that if not, why not is a reporting requirement for the ASX Corporate Governance Principles, and therefore not unfamiliar to listed companies. "Requiring disclosure will allow investors to meaningfully ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... seeking re-election. The second is that this is the year of the shareholder resolution. The [Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility] ACCR has filed eight or 10 resolutions across the ASX300 this year. It's nothing new, but they're increasing ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... may be necessary to adjust ASIC regulatory guidance. De Wit also noted that there are existing recommendations, such as the ASX's Corporate Governance Council's Principles and Recommendations, particularly Recommendation 7.4 which says "[a] listed entity ...

Australian Shareholders' Association hires Judith Fox

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... worked for the Governance Institute for 14, and has represented the Governance Institute on the ASX Corporate Governance Council since 2005 as well as being a member of Standards Australia's Risk Management and Governance Committees. She is well known ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... broadly," Bennett said. "I think Australia companies are quite transparent and it's also part of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations. In Asia, the disclosure is very perfunctory, compliance driven and it's not seen as adding strategic ...