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ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) could, from 1 July, recommend that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are identified and managed when it publishes the third edition of the Corporate Governance ...

AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social, governance manager, investments at AustralianSuper. Trucost assessed the equities portfolio in comparison to the ASX 300 and the MSCI All World ex-Australia. "We have been considering carbon issues for some time and did not expect ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... number of sustainability reports that are assured by external providers. Jeyaretnam also pointed to the proposed changes to the ASX corporate governance guidelines, which would set a standard that companies report on material ESG risks, are likely to ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... executive manager, governance at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. "The fact that we have more women than ASX boards is a credit to the superannuation industry, but the types of responsibility that superannuation truest have lends ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The rationale behind the requirement on listed companies to disclose information about remuneration consultants is "unclear" and the regime should either be discarded or improved to provide more specific information, according to a report by Ownership ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... standards to bring the Australian funds management industry] in line with some of those global standards." Berrutti pointed to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's latest proposed standards which would ask listed companies to disclose material ESG ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reduction target that companies are setting," said James Day, CDP director Australia and New Zealand. "The targets set by most ASX companies are short term and do not yet adequately respond to the scale or long term nature of the climate change challenge ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... and I am keen to see if members receive responses from their funds." See Also: Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... rating all the stocks within the ASX200 or 300." Inalytics' Australian clients are expressing interest in the outcome of the ASX research, Field said.

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... reality, it is vital that companies are encouraged to be more transparent about the information they choose to disclose." The ASX recently proposed amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic ...