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CEO, board salaries cops COVID-19 hit: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... did receive salary increases, the largest increases were in the audit committee, whose members saw a 36.6% increase and chairs seeing a 19.4% increase, and risk, whose members saw in increase of 22.8%, while chairs saw a 23.4% increase. Around one third ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... positions, as at 28 February 2021. A further 24 ASX200 companies only have one woman on board. There are currently 22 women chairs of ASX200 companies. "We know that a shortage of qualified, board-ready women has never been the problem," said Nicola ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... in the ASX50, yet the number of ASX200 women who are CEOS has hovered around 10 since 2015 and the number of women board chairs has risen from 11 to 24. It is very encouraging to see the number of women directors continuing to increase," said Louise ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Note: This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinion Many will opine on the lessons learnt from 2020, but the seismic shifts ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Bowd moderated the Q&A portion of the Coca Cola Amatil event, and several of the panellists spoke of showing their board chairs and senior executives video of the rehearsals to help them optimise their presentation in a new, virtual format. "It's ...

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... zero women on boards in both of those sectors. KPMG recently released a report interviewing 11 non-executive directors and chairs on ASX200 companies to assemble recommendations for ASX201-300 companies as they seek to increase diversity on boards. "There ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... and services to better account for risk and impact. Alexis Cheang, partner, head of ANZ, responsible investment, Mercer, chairs this working group. - Technical Working Group 3: Making better informed financial decisions by enhancing disclosures and transparency. ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... sustainability. In 2018, Ausbil reported actively engaging in 22 ESG areas across 17 different GICS industry sectors, with chairs, chief executives, and other corporate leadership, spread across large caps to mid and small caps. Over 60% of ESG engagement ...

ACSI updates gender diversity policy to apply to ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... diversity can be reached without quotas and intervention as long as there are passionate advocates for diversity across ASX chairs and directors." Currently, the number of female company directors for the ASX201-300 stood at 19.7%, with 28 companies ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... focused push, so we can actually go out and find other opportunities." Impact Investment Group CEO, Daniel Madhavan who also chairs the Growth Grant selection panel also welcomed the new. "We have already seen the successful allocation of $1.75 million ...