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ACSI ups ante on zero-women boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... have women in at least 30% of board positions by the end of 2017. ACSI previously announced that this initiative was a policy priority with ASX200 boards for this year. "We've written to all of the chairs of all of those organisations, we've asked to ...

Emma Herd appointed IGCC CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the IGCC from Westpac, where she was head of sustainability. "Emma brings extensive experience to the role in translating policy into practice, having been at the forefront of climate change in the financial services sector for over fifteen years" said ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Decarbonising the global economy and keeping global warming under 2C is possible, but requires international coordination from policy makers, business, investors and other stakeholders. Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation, CDP For businesses ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... advisory practice. Regnan will focus on growing its advisory practice, in which Regnan provides support on ESG integration, policy support and member communications, said Amanda Wilson, managing director. "We want to focus our efforts on ensuring we ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Converters, Money3 and Flexigroup. The report, written by Sandra McCullagh and Chris Parks, explores the disclosure and lending policy issues that Walsh and fellow stakeholders raise, and also raises concerns that Thorn Group and other goods rental businesses ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... skills needed to protect the funding of the retirement of a rapidly increasing number of Australians," said Judith Fox, policy director, Governance Institute. "When assessing the skills and competencies needed to align with the strategic objectives of ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... in the fossil fuel sector are facing considerable and material climate risks, and that factors including legislative and policy changes, and the growth of the low carbon sector need to be integrated into current investment decisions. Under UK law, incorporated ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... perspective," Bowers said. "I still think there are some significant pockets of sophisticated investors that are at the policy creation, policy implementation stage for both strategies. There has been a significant move away from fundamental activity ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability information more accessible, comparable and available in real-time." The first priority is enabling smart policy to support sustainability reporting and disclosure. "For more than a decade, GRI has engaged with governments, capital markets ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... answer to that is yes, then you need to start considering the strategic implications. What does that mean for our investment policy? How does that translate down to our asset allocations, our manager mandates? - all the way down the investment chain. ...