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New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... to provide companies with what Australian institutional investors look for when analysing a company's material ESG risks. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said as institutional investors, ACSI members, as well as other investors, need to price and ...

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... voting at their annual general meetings according to the latest data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). In addition, ACSI said less than 10% of ASX100 companies still use the "show of hands" voting method and the vast majority ...

Listed companies improve ESG approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) found that 79% of listed Australian companies surveyed this year had improved their environment, social and governance (ESG) approach. In 2014, ACSI had chosen 28 companies as engagement priorities ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... replacing Louise Davidson after the latter became chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) earlier this year. Bradford previously worked with GE Capital as Asia-Pacific environmental and social risk leader. In that ...

Growth of women on boards painfully slow: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... market focus on board gender diversity. The statistic comes from the latest Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) report in to board composition and non-executive director pay among ASX200 companies. From the total ASX200 sample, women ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released new governance guidelines which consider recommending against the re-election of directors in companies which perform poorly on board gender diversity. The guideline dealing with ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... continued steps towards gender balanced representation as advocated by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)," Kinetic Super said. The fund also noted that new governance rules expected to be in place in 2016 are likely to require ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... executive David Elia was recently appointed as a director on the board of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson confirmed the appointment and said the council was pleased to have someone of Elia's ...

Highest paid industry CEOs revealed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... executives received eight figure salaries in 2014, the latest research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) revealed. The ACSI 'CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies' report A looked at the earnings reports from ASX100 companies and ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... out," Rodwell-Ball said. He explained that NGS Super uses reports from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) as a source of information for environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues of the companies that it invests in through ...