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Glass ceiling persists despite record women chairs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The boards of Australia's listed companies are now made up of nearly half women - but Australia's top 20 firms are lagging, with industry groups saying reasons are unclear. There is a record number of female chairs at ASX 200 and 300 companies: in the ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "Enlisting the Future Fund in this fight would also send a signal of expectation to the wider super industry. Carbon advisory boards might quickly become the norm. The fund is ideally placed to set the standard here." Australia's super system should ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... trio is tasked with driving value across the existing portfolio of investments and finding deals. They will also join the boards of four of QIC's Australian energy investments. First up, Paul Maguire joins the team as a partner. He was previously ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is working with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to make their standards more compatible. The partnership between the IFRS - which oversees the International Sustainability Standards ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Paulson, managing director for the International Equity team says increased attention is being paid to proxy voting by company boards and management. He believes proxy voting is key to improving long-term investment returns and is a crucial avenue to ...

Sandon Capital to buy carbon farms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... managing director, chief investment officer and chair of the firm. The firm has an ethos of actively engaging with the boards of underperforming companies, to create change in operational and strategic initiatives in order to generate higher returns. ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... climate risks by expanding the scale of the fossil fuel industry must face the credible threat that they will be voted off boards," Mr van de Pol said. "We urge all investors to take more meaningful action in line with their active ownership claims ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... climate reporting is a generational shift that will need to be carefully managed, requiring extensive up-skilling across boards, organisations, the audit profession and the economy as a whole. We need to get this right and encourage a strategic rather ...

Why top firms have more women on boards: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). New AICD data finds top listed companies have at least 40% women on boards - while the February Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data release found that overall, 34% of board members are women. ...

Directors sweat on climate: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... primarily at ASX 200 companies. Directors feel the need for a coordinated approach to meet net zero targets. A third of boards (32%) said they reconsidered their organisational strategy in response to climate risk and opportunity. 60% say climate change ...