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ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... that their experience had demonstrated that the two strikes rule had been successful in encouraging more productive engagement between boards and shareholders. ACSI said that it would assess remuneration reports individually and on merits, regardless ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... biodiversity and ecosystems requires local remediation. This requires companies to have strong processes for stakeholder engagement, particularly with local residents and local indigenous communities, who possess relevant knowledge that can aid in remediation. ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainability reports provide external parties such as investors the opportunity to assess a company's performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of respondents believe that integrated reporting will deliver benefits to their analysis, and 46% said that direct engagement with the CEO or CFO on extra-financial and ESG issues is very likely to influence their investment decisions or company analysis ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Bennett was positive on the level of interaction she found with the boards she met with on all of the three areas of engagement, and she said that the impact of the two-strike remuneration standard has improved dialogue around executive remuneration ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... comes to corporate, responsibility, openness and transparency, Woolworths has a proud track record. We have extensive engagement and collaboration with a large number of NGOs and for the past five years we have taken expert independent advice from a ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... cap and trade will become a normal part of risk and return considerations, said Phil Spathis, manager, strategy and engagement at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). "I think there will be an impact on behaviour, an incentive as ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting needs for the UN PRI and can be used to conduct internal ESG risk assessment and identify targets for company engagement.

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... from 50 people in the business to 38 to be more efficient." Vernon and Smith said the company's ethical mission and engagement would not be changed. The company's Climate Advocacy Fund, an indexed fund explicitly designed to permit increased engagement ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the risk and return profile of the biz gives us the potential for a suitable outcome for our portfolios. Q: How about engagement and monitoring for the companies within Asian portfolios? How does that work? RY: A lot of what we do actually tends to skew ...