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More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... about overboarding, according to research from the Governance Institute. The Governance Institute has released its latest Board Diversity Index, which measures ASX 300 companies against five categories of diversity: gender, cultural background, skills/experience ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... "In terms of directors and boards, the main thing there is that we're really looking and expecting the skills of the board to be itemized," Waterhouse said. "As a retail shareholder, it is important to be able to see what skills the directors are ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... to, but sustainability, like technology change, like supply chain resilience are vying for the attention of executives and board leadership and it's about prioritisation. "What's exciting is that business can do two things at one - be more sustainable ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s proposed climate reporting regime and the draft International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB) could standardise climate-related disclosures across companies and assist with decision making with stakeholders including ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Australian c-suite leaders' top worry is economies failing to tackle climate change quickly in 2022, according to research from FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting has released its 2022 Resilience Barometer, which polled the concerns of more than 3,300 ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... instances of modern slavery in their operations and supply chain. "Initially, work around the Modern Slavery Act across the board focused on helping companies understand what they needed to do and what those first steps are, and now we're in a different ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Melior Investment Management. Melior is evolving their proxy voting principles and this year is increasing their focus on board composition, advocating for clearer disclosures around directors skills to better inform voting decisions. Melior is advocating ...

HESTA "unlikely to support" AGL demerger without faster closure of coal-fired stations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... AGL can continue its long and proud history as a pioneer through energy market transitions." Grok "firmly believes the AGL Board has made a series of mistakes and was far too slow to act on decarbonisation or adopt new technologies, which has resulted ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is considering how to integrate climate change and sustainability-related financial accounting standards into Australian standards. AASB is consulting on the recently draft International Sustainability ...

Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... an experienced and trusted adviser, a highly respected member of the Ethical Advisers Coop, and currently a member of the board of the Responsible Investment Association," noted Ethinvest managing director Trevor Thomas. "Dave will be running the new ...