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Governance Institute taps former ASFA CEO for role as chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... risk, and the changing notion of consumers are just some of the issues that will require an evolution of our boards, our company secretaries and risk professionals." Vamos is a non-executive director of Mercer Superannuation Australia Limited, the Banking ...

Infrastructure to offer opportunity for decarbonisation investment: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... continues with engagement and proxy voting. "What we do is run our own scenario analysis on how a particular industry and company may develop over time," Langley said. "We assess how the market is pricing those different scenarios and what is currently ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... as research shows that executive management will act in-line with board agenda items. Counting complaints is not how a company gets an accurate depiction of sexual harassment, Jenkins said, as only 17% of harassment victims will report it. To properly ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... welcome the Rainmaker team and their clients to the ISS MI family." Rainmaker Information is a privately-held Australian company with 70 employees in Sydney and Melbourne. The acquisition is expected to close later this year, pending necessary approv ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... that are aligned with the Paris Agreement, which will cover Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for AGL and the proposed demerged company. AGL has announced plans to split into two companies - AGL Australia, which will hold the company's power, gas and telecommunications ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... the Hilt-Siskiyou Forest, a mixed-conifer forest along the California and Oregon border, from the Fruit Growers Supply Company (FGS) alongside an institutional investor client. New Forests' investment strategy in the US is to acquire and manage forestry ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Armour said in the piece. "Accordingly, we encourage boards to look out for any greenwashing - and to ask whether their company's disclosure around environmental risks and opportunities or their fund's promotion of ESG-focused investment products accurately ...

Cooper Energy announces carbon neutral certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
A listed ASX company has announced it is the first carbon neutral domestic gas producer. Cooper Energy said it has been certified carbon neutral by independent firm Climate Active, meaning it has achieved net-zero carbon emissions for its organisational ...

ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... negative financial outcomes many companies were delivering to shareholders. "Since then, engagement between investors and company boards has led to a wholesale re-thinking of the ways in which CEOs, and their teams, should be rewarded to ensure long-term ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... "It can be challenging to say 'investors think the risks are XYZ in their portfolio without having read those other company statements.'" Moving forward, the financial services sector will also have to move past risk identification towards the ...