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Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
With the publication of a landmark report into the physical impacts of climate change, company executives and directors must respond to the impending risks to business and supply chain. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... change are deeply correlated to other challenges, including biodiversity, waste and pollution. "This is the challenge for directors," he said. "... All of these things are connected together." Dan Gocher, director of climate and environment at the Australasian ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... trends on gender diversity are positive, cultural change in the boardroom is moving at a much slower pace with 90% of directors of Anglo-Celtic or European background. "The report highlights that Australian boardrooms remain dominated by those of Anglo-Celtic ...

Setting ESG targets a "first mover advantage" for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and disclosure. "Corporate Australia on the whole has been overly conservative on ESG for a long time," Carrel said. "Directors insisted they don't want to be a leader - they want to be a 'fast follower'. They want a benchmark, they want ...

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in companies. "We have a lot of conversations with companies, including company directors, over many, many years, and we were aware that there is an element of frustration regarding diversity, because they pace of ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... steering committee will be dissolved. Johnson and O'Connor will support the transition and will work with the appointed directors to establish the new ASFI entity. The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute also announced its initial founding members ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... hamstrung by the Federal Government, which is a disastrous situation for shareholders," Gocher said. "Yet three of the directors that have overseen this debacle have been rewarded with chair and CEO positions at Accel Energy and AGL Australia, which ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... other actions. "At Melior, we're engaging with companies across the ASX200," Bailey said. "We're speaking to company directors and senior executive teams, so we have a great opportunity to influence and persuade people to think about this really deeply." ...

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 ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... climate activist group Market Forces. Peter Collins, an independent director, Mark Robertson and Mark Vaile, both employer directors, and Neil Randall, an alternative employer director, are stepping down from the $66 billion industry fund. Vaile is the ...