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CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Chair Jillian Broadbent will retire from the board of the ASX as of the company's 5 October annual general meeting (AGM). Broadbent is leaving the ASX board to focus on her new role at the CEFC, ASX said in an ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the proxy voting recommendations for the forthcoming main AGM season. Ann Byrne ACSI is seeking increased disclosure on how ASX-listed companies set the performance conditions underpinning bonuses. ACSI believes that disclosure is critical, because it ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Emerging listed companies in the Australian mining industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... exports. Projections from the Finance Ministry estimate that it will contribute 5.7% of real GDP in 2012 and 6.3% in 2013. ASX-listed Axiom Mining has interests in the Isabel laterite nickel deposits, located on Santa Isabel and San Jorge Islands in ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The development of an Australian water accounting standard means that companies will be able to provide disclosure about water rights and obligations in a financially meaningful fashion, at a time when Australian companies are coming under scrutiny ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). According to the CDP report, Shining the light on corporate water performance, 59% of ASX 100 respondents identify exposure to water-related risks in their direct operations, as compared to 55% of Global 500 respondents ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Stock Exchange does not require disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions. ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... their boards and committees, which means they will have to pay attention to governance and diversity of the board as well." ASX-listed companies will now have to report on their progress on meeting gender diversity standards in the revised ASX Principle ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability reports in 2012, down from 57 in 2011. Of that, 33 were structured to the GRI and 24 were announced to the ASX, the report found. According to ACSI's research, 18% of ASX companies are considered "best practice" sustainability reporters ...