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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 ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... margins over the past one and two year periods, according to the firm. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest's ASX Green 100 had a return of 21.67% for the year ending 30 June 2014, as compared to a 17.65% return for the S&P/ASX100 accumulation ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... management practices, and in turn promote resilience in food production in an increasingly water scarce world." See Also: ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... responsible investments outperform wider benchmarks. Core responsible investment Australian equities funds have outperformed the ASX 300 index and the large cap Australian equities fund average over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, while core responsible investment ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... some are paid per meeting, some are on an annual retainer. We don't have a benchmark to judge against as we would with an ASX company. Because it's now required for directors to disclose their remuneration on their website and put some narrative around ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... context, providing measurement and reporting around intangible assets such as sustainability and ESG takes on a new meaning. The ASX Corporate Governance Council's recently issued third edition of its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... predicated on ENE's final investment decision, execution of project agreements and satisfaction of other conditions, ENE said in an ASX release. "ENE is the market leader in remote energy in the 1 to 100MW sector, and currently owns or operates 368MW ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... noted that their annual research this year comes in the context of new reporting guidelines and regulations from ASIC and the ASX Corporate Governance Council, which will have implications for companies' sustainability reporting. Earlier this year, the ...

ARENA provides $11 million grant to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Project and associated financings are progressed in parallel with the Perth Project," the company said in an announcement to the ASX.