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ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate governance guide as well." In Australia, ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and communicate ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... issues. To give scope on the amount of money companies accessed through capital raisings, approximately AU$100bn was raised S&P/ASX 200 entities in 2008 and 2009 through 279 separate capital raisings, according to a paper written by Simon Connal and ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The social and environmental supply chain policies and disclosures of ASX-listed companies has come under renewed scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... proxy advisers. It really does mean that we're going to have to significantly boost the communications team within a corporate, and I think that's just a fact of life we're going to have to recognize, because proxy advisers are here to stay and we have ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... term - peerages have no place in corporate life, either here or in the global investment community." ASX corporate governance guidelines recommend that a majority of a board should be independent directors and the role of the Board Chairman and CEO should ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... in 2012. See Also: International Integrated Reporting Committee seeks pilot test participants Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... companies set similar targets as they announce their approach to diversity in accordance with the ASX Corporate Governance Council's new corporate governance guidelines on diversity [which came into effect on 1 January 2011.] Q: How does the book recommend ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... their interest. The ACSI Governance Guidelines build upon the provisions of the Corporations Act and the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and reflect the expectations of superannuation funds as investors in listed companies. "Governance assists companies ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... ESG factors to be critical to the long-term performance of the companies in which they invest. However more than half of the ASX 200 fail to provide meaningful information on their ESG risks," said John Brogden, FSC CEO. "The ESG Reporting Guide for ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... top of. "In the last month or two, we wrote to the ASX200, just letting them know that we support the ASX corporate governance principles and we will be taking disclosure against these principles into account when considering the appointment or re-election ...