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Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Board directors of energy companies continue to be elected with over 95% shareholder support, even when those companies perform poorly against investor expectations. More than six years after the launch of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) Net Zero Company ...

MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
A former U Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager has landed at MLC Life Insurance as a sustainability manager. In the new role, Desiree Lucchese will help advance, refine, and implement the insurer's broad sustainability strategy and ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... said the superfund wrote to ASX 300 companies ahead of the AGM season and was having direct conversations with board directors and senior executives on behalf of members. She said these active ownership themes reflect the fund's commitment to responsible ...

ASX C-Suite notch up double-digit salary increases: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... an ASX 200 managing director is $1.58 million, according to the report. The survey found that 42% of ASX listed board directors and 71% of ASX listed senior executives received a pay rise in the last 12 months. While 9% of ASX listed C-suite executives ...

Hejaz invests in Islamic Bank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Hejaz Group has bought a $10 million stake in Islamic Bank Australia, a move that will see Hejaz abandon its plan to obtain its own retail banking license. Hejaz, an Australian Islamic financial services provider, is funding the investment into Islamic ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... other stakeholders, said Cranlana Centre CEO Vanessa Pigrum. "There has been a growing awareness on the part of board directors that what had been very clear-cut governance accountabilities around compliance, shareholder primacy, legal obligations is ...

CEO, board salaries cops COVID-19 hit: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
CEOs, board directors and senior management were not immune to the economic impacts of COVID-19, with the Governance Institute of Australia finding that fewer CEOs received salary increase and bonuses falling as well. The Aon and Governance Institute ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... experience to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment and setting gender equality targets. "All corporate board directors should undergo education and training on good governance and sexual harassment response and prevention, and it's important ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... focus in on your ESG disclosure and performance." SSGA will expand its intentions to vote against reelection of board directors to capture not just laggards but ESG underperformers as well - companies that are not at the bottom on ESG performance, but ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... leadership, spread across large caps to mid and small caps. Over 60% of ESG engagement meeting attendees were chairs, board directors and executives, Ausbil said. Climate change is a key issue for engagement, said Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, head of ESG research ...
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