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Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... a climate vote, it would make sense for those same investors who vote against the plan to vote against a director or directors," Gocher said. Investors, civil society and other stakeholder have been engaging with companies on their climate risk management ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... effective board leadership and oversight. In Australia, BlackRock particularly look at issues including overboarding - directors holding positions on too many boards. "Something that we spend a lot of time focusing on is how boards work, seeking out ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... made up nearly half of listed ASX board appointments thus far in 2021, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In January and February of this year, women accounted for 46.7% of ASX 200 board appointments and 52.3% of ASX 300 ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... performance over management of non-financial risk "The general focus here is on boards and this is an issue for a board of directors, it has to be driven by the board and the board as to see the need for this," Rafe said. "Management can't implement ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 2015 and the number of women board chairs has risen from 11 to 24. It is very encouraging to see the number of women directors continuing to increase," said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "But it is disappointing that the number of female chairs and CEOs ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... action against companies that are not progressing towards setting and implementing targets, including voting against directors and filing shareholder proposals or supporting other proposals at AGMs regarding climate action, with divestment as the last ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... demonstrate they are managing, like any other risk. Globally, regulators are upping the ante on the expectations of directors and executives of finance organisations to be able to demonstrate a strong preparedness around climate change, but also broader ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... companies, communities, and our economy - and is material to long-term sustainable returns." SSGA contacted global company directors in August of 2020 to advise companies that their diversity engagements had expanded to include discussions of race and ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Dimensional's proxy voting activity shows against resolutions at AGMs regarding remuneration reports and the election of directors. The other primary area where it lodged dissenting votes was for the adoption of "changes to company constitution". ...

International sustainability accounting standards bodies to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... ease about the issues that matter most to financial performance," said Robert K. Steel, chair, SASB Foundation Board of Directors. The Value Reporting Foundation will merge the SASB and IIRC into a credible, international organization that maintains ...