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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 ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... but it is the state-owned corporations of Queensland and South Australia that have the highest representation of women on boards, with 38.4% and 49.1%, respectively, according to the latest Women on Boards Boardroom (WOB) Diversity Index (BDI). While ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... population and therefore members of superannuation fund being female, I think it does matter that there aren't enough women on boards," Reynolds said. "Women focus more on and understand the needs of women, and can get their heads around the specific ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic Light Index to evaluate how they are responding ...