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CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... that there is neither an excuse nor the time for lethargy." Meanwhile, CDP have also announced the winners of the CDP 2014 ASX 200 Climate Leadership Awards. Challenger was recognised for best Best year on year change in climate disclosure with a 49 ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable and ethical investment principles of the Uniting Church in Australia. He has also previously held senior roles with ASX listed property fund managers including ING Real Estate and DEXUS as well as wholesale funds and development companies ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Future Super, Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund, has been launched and is tapping into the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as part of its potential membership base. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... it's a very healthy sign of a move towards a more relational investing." To help spread this concept beyond just the largest ASX-listed companies with the resources to staff larger investor relations teams, the Governance Institute earlier this year ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released its 13 th annual CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies. The survey, carried out by Ownership Matters, found that the media fixed pay for an ASX100 CEO was AU$1.83 ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... organisations such as the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). This will have impacts in Australia. "The IIRC, the ASX and ASIC are all driving for greater transparency on short, medium and long term social, environmental and economic ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... evidence that governance practices are converging. By 2012, foreign ownership of share markets represented 43% of the Australian ASX-listed Shares, 53% of UK LSE-listed shares, and 55% of German DAX-listed shares, AMP Capital said. There is also growing ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
People of Asian backgrounds are under-represented in leadership positions at Australian companies, with only 1.9% of ASX200 executives having Asian cultural origins, compared to 9.6% of the Australian population, according to research from Diversity ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Balance believes that the levels of assured sustainability data will rise in years going forward given recent language in the ASX's Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX included ...