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Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Rio Tinto as chief people officer in April. Brynn O'Brien, executive director, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, called for deep cultural change at Rio Tinto. "The next three to six months are the critical time for Rio Tinto's refreshed ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... promulgated in 2007," said James Fitzgerald, strategy lead and counsel at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). "In the years since, it's turned from something that looks like a positive benefit for Indigenous people, to something ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has filed resolutions with two companies, kicking off its campaign for the major AGM season in Australia. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The resolutions to BHP request ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... day job and if they pollute the world, they should actually be penalised?" The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) also said executives must not be rewarded for normal business functions. "While AGL's intention to reward executives ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... with over ten years' experience in financial services. She was most recently senior manager, ESG and corporate responsibility, at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Hall has also worked at AMP Capital, Ironbark Asset Management based in Australia, and ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... contracting workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). Katie Hepworth, ACCR director of workers' rights ACCR's report, Labour Hire and Contracting Across the ASX100 ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... put to the Woodside AGM has received a majority of shareholders' support. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The AGM ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... well. Within Australia, Katie Hepworth, director of workers' rights at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), highlighted concerns over the impacts of COVID-19 in the agriculture and cleaning sectors, because of previously identified ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... shareholders' support. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... going to need to be the voice at the forefront at this situation of AGMs." The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has lodged resolutions at both Santos and Woodside's AGMs. The first resolution calls on both companies' to suspend ...