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Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies assessed (87%) have board-level oversight of climate change, but only a third of companies tie executive remuneration directly to the company's emission reduction targets. The results of the benchmarking report can be used as a tool for ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... even though boards of Australian businesses appear to be leaders in incorporating ESG factors into senior executive remuneration, "notwithstanding measures that may exist in setting CEO remuneration, the board is not aware of the values in material decisions ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... O'Neill both said they would be focusing on companies that took JobKeeper and making sure that their executive remuneration and dividend strategies reflect that fact. Cottier also noted that Perennial has also begun engaging ahead of AGM season on ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... look very good, you would hope that management compensation is reflective of this." The rise of linking executive remuneration to management of climate-related risks is also a topic of consideration for Dimensional. "Incentivising management to pay attention ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... forward-looking process, Acadian looks to whether companies are aligning those emissions reductions targets with executive remuneration from a systematic perspective, a process that is enhanced by companies taking up the Task-force on Climate Related ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... generation, Cooper noted. Given accelerating trends towards decarbonisation, companies are beginning to link executive remuneration to decarbonisation targets. Cooper noted that there is a risk that targets are not set at a high enough stretch level ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... responses don't shed light on how fully those issues are integrated or how those issues are integrated into executive remuneration structure. "Is it a gateway, or is it a line item," she said. "We don't really have clarity on that. I was positively ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... to specify what efforts were made to undertake a pro-rating raising. We think that was a good outcome." Executive remuneration was the most-discussed topic with portfolio companies in 2019, Singh said, usually having to do with pushing for greater transparency ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... consistency. Whereas if you're an equity shareholder, a controlling shareholder might be quite negative." Executive remuneration has very little impact on risk in fixed income, so remuneration considerations are minimised in the ESG risk framework, he ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Woodside to align emission reductions targets with exploration and capital expenditure as well as future executive remuneration - all complex activities, Gocher noted that Woodside's response will play out over the next six to 12 months. Of note, another ...