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ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time, all ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... companies are more open to explaining their remuneration practices, companies are also making positive moves on gender diversity of board positions. "In 2010, when I first gathered statistics on board diversity, 60% of companies that we owned had no ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... reach executive positions in the financial services sector has claimed that quotas are not necessary to increasing the diversity of senior management. Judith Beck Financial Executive Women (FEW) has recently launched with the mission of providing a supportive ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... significant, positive impact on business outcomes, but mandatory quotas are not the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI and its member organisations ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... information on biodiversity and ecosystems." There are 168 signatories to the the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the proposed variables are intended to assist in harmonising the reporting that countries are supposed to make ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... the same kinds of accountabilities," Birgden said. "These investments do require specialist knowledge. There is also a diversity of risk in seeking to deliver "blended value" and in that sense, they are less mainstream and therefore less standardized ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Hall said it is addressing through managing succession and recruitment processes. The company also adopted a revised diversity and inclusion strategy and undertook an external remuneration benchmarking exercise to confirm there is no pay inequality between ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... comprehensive, though trends in data tables are left unexplained and so possibly misunderstood. Woolworths is a good guide to diversity progress in corporate Australia - everyone's a customer, so it may makes sense for the workforce to reflect that. ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies are continuing to appoint more women to boards, leading to more diversity in age as well as in gender, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The AICD ASX 200 Snapshot Report 2012 found that women directors ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... an executive's bonus is cut, but his long term incentives vest millions." Regnan is also active on the issue of board diversity, and making sure that boards have adequate skills to lead the business. "Board diversity won't go away, and it's not just ...