Governance

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Shareholder engagement is likely to change this year, ISS-Corporate says.

HESTA divests MinRes over ongoing governance issues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA has sold off the remaining shares it held in MinRes after the company failed to respond to the fund's long-held governance concerns.

TNFD guides board directors on assessing nature-related risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its first "Asking Better Questions on Nature" guide to provide senior executives with information about nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

FCA pauses plans to extend disclosure, labelling rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is pausing plans to extend its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and product labelling regime to portfolio managers, saying now is not the right time.

Index investors keen on proxy voting: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A new survey from Vanguard reveals that investors in passive strategies increasingly want to partake in proxy voting.

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans has told the superannuation industry more needs to be done to combat modern slavery.

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Boards that continue to overlook their cyber security priorities at a time when regulators are turning up the heat on cyber resilience can end up "endangering" their organisations and put shareholder value at risk, according to Athena Board.

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Global corporate governance data provider Glass Lewis has acquired a Stockholm-based technology platform to enhance institutional-level investment stewardship data and workflows.

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Woodside's board is on notice as the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) urges investors to clean house, blaming directors for chronically weak returns and climate risk failures.
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