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ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... work to be done," Byrne said. The majority of ASX100 companies are majority-independent, in line with ASX corporate governance guidelines and in line with ACSI's guideline criteria on board independence. The proportion of non-executive directorships ...

ASX to include ESG disclosures in governance principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has proposed amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Byrne, ACSI CEO In the lead up to the 2013 annual general meeting (AGM) season, AMP Capital has released its biannual corporate governance report and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have released its biennial update to its corporate ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... influence from management, at 2.95. "On the issue of board oversight of management teams, institutional investors scored S&P/ASX 100 companies 3.17, suggesting at least a moderately high level of confidence in boards' abilities in this area," the report ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... 'best practice' is an evolving one and we are careful not to assess companies in isolation. The ASX Corporate Governance Council's 'Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations' (Principles), provide a framework for good corporate governance ...

ACSI starts recruitment process for new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds and five international pension funds, and the organisation is a member of the ASX Corporate Governance Council and is the Australian network manager for the UN backed Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... compliance, and the recent publication of the third ACSI research paper into labour and human rights supply chain policies in ASX-listed consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies. This evolution has manifested in incremental changes in companies' ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... reputation risk by default. This poor management is a considerable issue." Supply chain LRH risks pose a variety of risks both to ASX-listed companies and, by extension, their investors. Reputational damage might affect consumer behaviour, a retailer ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... as no reporting or basic reporting. Ann Byrne In its sixth year of research, The Sustainability Reporting Practices of S&P/ASX 200 Companies: 2013 also follows through on a move flagged by ACSI last year to name both the leaders in ESG reporting and ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... effects of climate change on the corporation," the report notes. The report notes that of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, four - promote ethical and responsible decision-making; make timely ...