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Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney said he was pleased to welcome Watkins to the Board. "Alison will bring extensive ...

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 ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... top topics discussed included disclosure of environmental and social data, diversity of employee base and boards of directors, greenhouse gas emissions, product sustainability, and treatment of employees. T. Rowe Price director of research, responsible ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... deal almost exclusively with long term investors - founders of listed companies, major shareholders, management and directors," Kent said. "The issues of corporate governance are really relevant to that. These are questions that we wrestle with and engage ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... against Royal Dutch Shell intensifies the focus on the oil and gas industry, but experts say all Australian company directors should heed advice when it comes to managing the risks of climate change. In less than 24 hours, three overseas actions hit ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... appropriate to their individual stewardship needs without any limitations placed on them by the companies which they own and directors who they elect."

AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... from stakeholder interests, according to a new guide to stakeholder engagement by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Because directors have a duty to act in the best interest of the corporation and have the discretion to determine ...

APRA emphasises "compounding effect" of climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... to address the systemic financial risks created by climate change." "The draft APRA guidance sends a clear message to directors and trustees that climate risk is financial risk," Herd says. "It means assessment, disclosure and management of an organisation's ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
One of the largest global fund managers will up the ante on companies by voting against directors of companies - including ASX100 companies - that are showing underperformance on material ESG issues. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) had previously ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... of the top performing ESG funds according to Rainmaker's methodology, currently has nine women out of a total of 14 directors on its board, including Chair Nicola Roxon, and half of the senior executive positions are held by women, including CEO Debby ...