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ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... does this impact the bottom line, how does that create value for a wide variety of shareholders." The growth in gender diversity, continuous disclosure and the Two Strikes rule are features of Australian corporate governance are positive features in ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investors and companies. As investors, we share a common goal with companies of improving long-term performance and gender diversity is an important part of that." According to the Chief Executive Women ASX200 Senior Executive Census 2020, in 2020, 25 ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to avoid investing in those companies linked to poor human rights practices. Nucleus Wealth recently added a gender diversity screen for clients, Klassen said. "We added a diversity screen to screen out boards that didn't have enough women on them," ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients globally reported having goals related to sustainability in their lives, while 62% of clients, regardless of age or gender, have goals related to generating a legacy. Both of these - sustainability and legacy - are important when considering ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... extension of the existing Fearless Girl campaign, Colton said. "Fearless Girl was a push for cognitive diversity," he said. Gender is an observable characteristic that is a good proxy, or instrumental variable, for cognitive diversity. But we know that ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... the super fund itself," Rainmaker said in the study. "Diversity obviously takes a multitude of forms, spanning gender diversity, cultural diversity, racial diversity and health and political diversity." As part of this inaugural study, Rainmaker assessed ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Petschler, AICD general manager of advocacy. "This is where we need it to stay to maintain the momentum on board gender diversity that we have seen over the past few years." Over the last 10 years the appointment rate of women on ASX 200 boards has climbed ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... use the college educated population because it is a higher bar compared to the industry" the Firm said. "We measure both gender and ethnicity by corporate title. It is important to use corporate title to hold ourselves accountable. The diversity index ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... also noted there are only 22 one-women boards in the ASX200. "Investors have long recognised the value of board gender diversity," Davidson said. "CSI and our members adopted a target of 30% women directors in 2015, in 2019 this target was achieved. ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... "unlikely to hire" in equities, 43% in real assets), not having a dedicated ESG headcount (43% in fixed income), or lacking gender/ethnic diversity (31% of investors in hedge funds "unlikely to hire").