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ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... capital raisings as well as query board oversight of the process. The report also recommends that rule makers such as the ASX should enhance disclosure and continue to improve the efficiency of the rights issue process. "First, the ASX Listing Rules ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... released in the context of other recent regulatory changes, such as the recent changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations that companies disclose material environmental, economic and social information - Principle 7.4 - which will ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... disclose environmental, social and governance issues that are material to the business, citing the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recent introduction of principle 7.4 in the third edition of its Corporate Governance Guidelines, and a change to Principle ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... long tail," he said. Going forward, both Chioatto and Murphy said that recent changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations that companies disclose material environmental, economic and social information will improve ESG disclosures ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... important?" Non-financial, ESG/sustainability information disclosures is by and large a voluntary activity -recently, the ASX joined Bovespa Brazil, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Shen-Zeng Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange by requiring ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... changes as well. "The introduction of this recommendation is an important recognition by the ASX Corporate Governance Council of the potential impact of environmental, social and broader economic issues on the financial bottom line" said Victoria Whitaker ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... August-November 2013 were intended to complement and give effect to the reforms proposed by the ASX Corporate Governance Council relating to a proposed new (third) edition of its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations," ASX said in a media ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... reports that are assured by external providers. Jeyaretnam also pointed to the proposed changes to the ASX corporate governance guidelines, which would set a standard that companies report on material ESG risks, are likely to be approved, and that would ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... funds management industry] in line with some of those global standards." Berrutti pointed to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's latest proposed standards which would ask listed companies to disclose material ESG issues as one example of how the Australian ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... and if so how, it has regard to economic, environmental and social sustainability risks." The ASX Corporate Governance Council's Principles and Recommendations cover corporate governance practices and reporting requirements for companies listed on the ...