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The TCFD framework - What is it and how can it be applied to investment analysis?

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... assessing investment risks and opportunities, even in the absence of widespread TCFD reporting by companies. Understanding board oversight, risks and opportunities, impacts, resilience and metrics around climate change for each investee company can provide ...

Rethinking ethics and code of conduct training

ATTRACTA LAGAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
It seems everyone has experienced a code of conduct or business ethics training session that is unmemorable, generic and fails to resonate. The unintended consequence of such training is that it leaves employees jaded with management's intent, annoyed ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... influence a company to address sustainability issues through proxy voting and direct engagement with management and the board. Institutional investors have for a number of years included sustainability criteria in their investment assessments and valuation ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... in free-float companies, we do look for some stewardship hat stands, a history by the CEO or the chair or members of the board of operating in that way. We look for the same types of ethos and qualities in those businesses."

AMMA names Lisa Ali to Board of Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Resources and Energy Group AMMA has appointed Newcrest Mining's Chief People and Sustainability Officer Lisa Ali to its Board of Directors. Ali has broad professional experience including international stints, and joined Newcrest Mining in February ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA will directly engage with 14 mining and energy companies on working with Indigenous communities, with a focus on understanding how companies manage risks associated with Indigenous heritage protection. In the wake of the destruction of the Juukan ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... linking business goals with the SDGs results in little to no consistency in SDG prioritization and reporting across the board." This is the second report completed as part of the collaboration between RMIT and the UNAA. These latest findings suggest ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Women hold 31.3% of ASX200 board positions, with only one ASX200 company not having a single woman on its board, according to the latest data from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "It's not quite video, but maybe that's next." Gocher noted that he attended last week's Macquarie Group AGM, with the board answering both pre-submitted questions as well as live audio questions from shareholder attendees. "The only criticism ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... longer the purview of IT departments alone," she said. "It's about the leadership of organisations. Who should own it? The board ultimately owns it, albeit that they delegate it to different actors in the C-suite and in particular the chief information ...