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GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is continuing to set up working groups for the development of the G4 next generation reporting guidelines. While nominations for the Disclosure on Management Approach working group close as of 13 January, more working ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... to produce a healthy productive workplace for employees, and make distributions for all stakeholders, including the shareholder," Wilson said. "Fundamentally, I do think that executive labour market is not as tight as the experts would have us believe." ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... shareholders only received AU$25m [of the notes]," Kolesnikoff said. "First they said the maximum application [per shareholder] was AU$5,000, and then they scaled that back to $2,500. There has to be a balance between raising capital efficiently by accessing ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... early evidence that cultural change is occurring." The goal of the reform was to increase transparency and greater shareholder engagement, and Bradbury said there were "positive signs" that boardroom culture is changing. See Also: Bradbury highlights ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... practice, responsible investment is about finding better information about what is really driving company value and shareholder performance in the 21st century," said Louise O'Halloran, Executive Director of the Responsible Investment Association in ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... executives receive a bonus for the first step of a major change, just completion of the transaction, not when the shareholder value has in fact been added. That will come some years later, if it's a merger or an acquisition, or we hope it comes some ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... in management, against a backdrop of group net profit after tax of AU$5.36bn, a 19% increase over 2010. In its 2011 Shareholder and Corporate Responsibility Review, ANZ reported that it introduced its human rights standard in 2010, and in the first year ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to engage with investors around the areas of concern, and I welcome them embracing the spirit of our reforms. This shareholder engagement is consistent with the principles that drive ESG reporting." In his speech, Bradbury also said that investors want ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Ownership Matters (OM) has appointed Marty Chung as a senior governance analyst. Chung joins Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal as part of the OM team that is focused on the governance of Australian companies and capital markets. Chung previously ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are looking to apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis to fixed income portfolios. Investment professionals say the trend towards using ESG factors as part of the fixed income investment process is a work in ...