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NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... individual companies for severe breaches of responsible investment standards, such as the UN Global Compact, where engagement is unlikely to be effective due to the context of the company's operations or to a lack of responsiveness from the company to ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... and will likely expand the scope of reporting to include other human rights in due course. Responsibility for ongoing engagement with a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner will need to be instituted. Procurement, production and marketing managers will need ...

First State Super joins Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... members live, work and retire," said First State Super CEO Michael Dwyer. "We are pleased to support ACSI's advocacy, engagement and voting programs to encourage better governance standards amongst Australia's leading companies." Earlier this year, the ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... issue arises and the size of the company," plus the length of time in which shortcomings have occurred, history of engagement with the company, and if there has been any improvements in corporate behaviour. "We take meaningful dialogue with companies ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Corporate executives in Australia and around the world are expecting to pursue M&A in the next 12 months, and a majority say that engaging with a broad range of stakeholders is a key factor, according to EY and its latest Australasian Capital Confidence ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... partner and Asia Pacific sustainability leader. "Fundamentally we could see in the markets that focusing on stakeholder engagement, this is something we can leverage at Deloitte and derive additional expertise. Culturally, it fit, but really it was to ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... companies are neither friends nor foes, but their interest align in differing ways over time, and this requires an array of engagement approaches to achieve desired outcomes. This is the conclusion of a panel of engagement experts speaking at the Responsible ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... in Sydney. Loren Sageser, product strategist - ESG, PIMCO noted that while traditional shareholder strategies like engagement are limited in the fixed income space, bond-holders still can have impact. Defining how to maximise that impact was part of ...

Directors say improvements needed to corporate culture: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... putting in either substantial or some effort to change culture within their organisation. "It's quite clear from our engagement with members that culture in general and the board's role in setting the right tone from the top is a key concern for directors ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... most appeal, in that investors thought that non-binding resolutions would fit with Australia's existing culture of engagement, however "the most contentious aspect of option 1, the general right to move a non-binding resolution, was how to manage the ...