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Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... conference last year, which was held in Berlin, we released a declaration to shift the industry towards transparency, diversity and sustainability in banking," Walsh said. "I think the first take-away from this year is to continue to look at how we can ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... 2013, "which is 27 more than the 41 in 2006," according to APRA. By comparison, according to Women on Board's Boardroom Diversity Index 2013, 15.8% of board positions on ASX200 companies are held by women, 25% of companies do not have a woman on their ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... couple of cases where better staff engagement has led to better customer satisfaction. In a similar vein, we looked at diversity and the percentage of women in different categories. If there is a different discrepancy between the diversity of staff and ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Richard Boele, director, Global Compact Network Australia The four companies differ in terms of size, geographic reach and diversity, and the four case studies address different human rights issues, but the commonality is that each company has committed ...

Natural Capital Declaration named biodiversity champion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Capital Declaration (NCD) has been named a Biodiversity Champion by the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). CBD recognised NCD for its contribution to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. NCD is ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... highest in the 12 years that ACSI has performed this research. Companies in the ASX101-200 still lag their peers in gender diversity, with women accounting for less than 10% of all individual directorships in the ASX101-200, and more than half of ASX101-200 ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... shares, so they will probably be folded into this option," Rodwell-Ball said. "It'll be a question of finding appropriate diversity of assets in the infrastructure and the defensive assets, because we need to find more in the social bond space. We looked ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... IM, highlighted three trends influencing the growth in ESG strategies - impact investing, an increased focus on board diversity strategies and the use of ESG factors across a broader range of asset classes such as sovereign debt. Christensen in particular ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... addressed and encompassed within a principles-based, non-regulatory, "if not, why not" framework that recognises the diversity of business, encourages innovation and promotes entrepreneurial activity," Colvin said. GNDI is an international network among ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... executive remuneration and the impact of the two strikes, while other issues mentioned in one or the other include board diversity and capital raisings. Under the two-strikes rule, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to ...