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Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... book that details the current composition of Australia's boards, selection practices and the advantages inherent in diversity. Author Anthea McIntyre, senior policy advisor and legal counsel at AICD, talks to The Sustainability Report. Q: What is the ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... management covers issues from recruitment and retention through to whistleblower policies, equal opportunity and workplace diversity policies and practices, workplace health and safety practices, labour relations and labour rights. ACSI also recommends ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... boards: Creating balanced and effective boards, which investigates boards, their selection practices and the advantages of diversity. The book cites research positing there is a key correlation between board and management diversity and improved corporate ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... making sure that the risk exposure to the uncertain regulatory regime is understood," she said. "A second focus is on diversity - not just gender diversity - but diversity across the ranks and in boards. We are focusing on that not just from the conventional ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... information session for our clients, providing an overview of some of the recent ESG issues like the carbon tax, the new ASX diversity principles, the new executive remuneration rules, but also talking about what we're doing internally. Q: To what level ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... the number reaching senior executive level," said Finsia CEO Russell Thomas. "As long as public reporting of gender diversity is voluntary, organisations will continue using different measures to suit their purposes. This not only makes it difficult ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... consulting a range of stakeholders to get a guide of what the risks and issues are." Going forward, the company has set diversity goals in employment that would see women make up 20 per cent of senior management by 2015 and 40 per cent of 2015 graduate ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... most senior 4000 roles - a large enough population to drive real change that is sustainable." Westpac pointed to their Diversity Council - chaired by CEO Gail Kelly - with " all executives responsible for sponsoring the implementation of our diversity ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... the number of women in management positions to 40 percent by the end of September as part of increasing their gender diversity throughout the business. Currently, 38.4 percent of managers are women, the bank said. The bank highlighted this move in the ...

"Steady but modest" increase in number of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... and regulators to either impose quotas or require companies to put specific plans in place to achieve greater gender diversity on their board." The report noted the impact of the revised Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations that require ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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