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Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting, joining Glencore, Unilever, Aena and Moody's. "We meet with the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) group regularly at the Board, Executive Committee and climate team levels, and we value their co-ordination of investor engagement," Rio said in a ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Environmental, Social and Technology mindset and implementation plan? The "G" in ESG is commonly thought of as representing board governance. Replacing G with T reflects that technology and innovation need to be the responsibility of a company board. ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... of AGM season on diversity and inclusion in small to mid-cap companies, contacting companies to flag concerns on level of board and management diversity ahead of AGM season. "We've started to use January to reach out to companies where we think they ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... (NAIC), a network of diverse-owned private equity firms and hedge funds, as well as the Thirty Percent Coalition, to support board diversity in the U.S. "The ILPA's Diversity in Action Initiative provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... about the issues, wider context, and then we say we're seeing certain things where there's non-compliance across the board, or this is an issue area in a lot of other buildings, how does it look here? We also offer an option to join the union." ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... its net zero goals," he said. This conversation could also be expressed through engagement around corporate culture with board members, Baig noted. "If you're an upstream-focused company and you want to pivot to new energy and renewables, you can't do ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Blakey. "While change in the executive team can help achieve this, it's important that we now also see senior leadership and board take substantial action to fully implement the very significant initial recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry. Blakey ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), which covers a broader set of material sustainability factors," Fink said. "We are greatly encouraged by the progress ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... social license to operate and whether companies are managing the shift towards a wider stakeholder lens. Key to this is board composition and management skill set. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought these issues into stark relief, as companies manage ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... communicate with us as an investor, because we want to be seen as a stakeholder. If that throws up a flag, it highlights board level issues, and by doing bottom up credit analysis and digging into the weeds, we can find that out. Q: Is there a role for ...