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Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There have been increases in the number of women on boards across many sectors in Australia, but progress is uneven and in some cases, such as on boards of state-owned corporations in Queensland, Western Australia and the federal government, there have ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... chairman of Transfield Services and president of Chief Executive Women, and Claire Braund, executive director of Women on Boards. This working group will develop options in the first half of 2015 which will be tested with employers and be supported by ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... have brought in quotas, soft or hard, and I think those have been successful in terms of raising the numbers of women on boards." Hagart said that ACSI calling for firmer measures was not out of the question if progress stagnates, and didn't rule out ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... affiliated chairman." Halliday said the data leads her to conclude that there is a correlation between having more women on boards and better governance and returns. "Just looking at straight performance, those companies with two or more women on boards ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies, experts say it that proportion is too low and increasing too slowly. Claire Braund, executive director, Women on Boards According to APRA's June 2013 Superannuation Bulletin, the proportion of superannuation funds with at least two women directors ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... on diversity policies means that Australia could face the imposition of a quota system to raise the number of women on boards, warns BlackRock. Pru Bennett, director and head of corporate governance and responsible investment Asia-Pacific, BlackRock ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... are occurring, so we're asking for a very big change," she said. "That needs to be incremental. For issues like women on boards - that's something that's still a work in progress. Even though, now, it's up around 15%, there needs to be a sustained push ...

Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Women on Boards is partnering with Abacus - Australian Mutuals, the industry body for Australian credit unions, to improve professional development and leadership opportunities for women working in mutuals. Ruth Medd The partnership between Women on ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... are making progress with gender diversity policies, but that more movement is needed, said Ruth Medd, chair of Women on Boards. Women on Boards has also analysed 82 listed companies' disclosures on gender diversity, and has developed a traffic light ...