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Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the target of having 30% of their board positions filled by women, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Currently, women hold 32.1% of ASX300 board positions, an increase of 2 percent in the last year, according to the AICD. ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement plan and has launched the next diversity and inclusion plan for 2020-2022. Currently, the company has 25% female directors on board, up from 14.3% in 2019. Women in management roles fell slightly from 74 in 2019 to 70 in 2020, while female ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Disclosure (TCFD) assigning responsibilities and oversight of climate-related risks to the Neuberger Berman board of directors. Neuberger Berman has also implemented a Climate Value-at-Risk Scenario (CVaR) analysis to all investment teams and offering ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... others are falling behind. It's those ones particularly where we actively engage with then to do more, in terms of female directors and issues like that. My thinking is that we need to spend more time on diversity next year." The fact that companies ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... year's AGM season in Australia. "The governance issues we are paying attention to are fairly broad, but include ensuring directors are suitably experienced and skilled to carry out their responsibilities, ensuring executive pay is not excessive and is ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
BlackRock has increased its engagement by nearly half this year, and increased the number of votes against directors in invested companies, according to its 2020 BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report. BlackRock's report details their activities ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... shareholders when times are tough. I am a better director for spending more than a decade with a wonderful cohort of fellow directors and thank the shareholders for giving me the opportunity." Smith-Gander is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... hold a totally virtual AGM, which resulted in the company holding a hybrid AGM in Sydney. CIMIC group also has overseas directors, including Executive Chairman Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, who is based in Spain. "We had directors based in Spain, Germany ...

NZ Super appoints Rosemary Vilgan to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... She holds qualifications in business and superannuation and is a fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and ASFA and a member of Chief Executive Women. "I look forward to joining the Board of the Guardians and supporting its incredibly ...

AMMA names Lisa Ali to Board of Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Energy Group AMMA has appointed Newcrest Mining's Chief People and Sustainability Officer Lisa Ali to its Board of Directors. Ali has broad professional experience including international stints, and joined Newcrest Mining in February 2020 following ...