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Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... planning based on skills, diversity and planning for the future, rather than replacing like with like, is good for governance." The 30% Club and AICD also called into question the adherence to a de-facto fixed term for directors, "which limits boards' ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis is an important part of credit analysis for emerging market debt, according to Insight Investment. Insight Investment, a $1.012 trillion global asset manager owned by BNY Mellon, notes that they integrate ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... financial performance of an organisation. Rather, they are increasingly also factoring in environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures as a critical way to measure risk and the drivers of a company's financial performance. The drivers The rise ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... analysis of US listed companies to determine if there is a correlation between share buybacks and quality of corporate governance. "Prior to the financial crisis in 2007/2008, the focus was on building bigger companies, so you saw a lot of M&A activity," ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... construction workers." The investment is also in line with Cbus's strategy of integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into its investment process. "We've taken a leadership role within the Australian market and globally, particularly ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... entity's " exposure to carbon risk requires disclosure under Recommendation 7.4 of the Australian Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations." The government agreed in principle with the recommendation, but noted that the responsibility ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares The RIAA Responsible Investment Certification Program focuses on the internal governance, program requirements, criteria and verification processes of a product, and is designed to be a quality standard. To achieve ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... in the social bond landscape. We will continue to bring innovation and transparency to the Environment, Social and Governance bond market, unlocking additional funding for development." IFC has issued a total of eight social bonds in public and private ...

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... notes that some of these topics have been receiving "more attention by regulators and boards since the ASX Corporate Governance Council published the ASX Principles and Recommendations in 2014, we expect the 200 largest companies in Australia to inform ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... it. Stewart Investors recently spoke to The Sustainability Report about how they evaluate environmental, social and governance impacts that companies produce and use those considerations in their portfolio construction. Stewart Investors is primarily ...