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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Steve Gibbs
explains why climate change is still a critical boardroom issue even though little progress has been made on an emissions trading scheme or international agreement on future action.
Keeping climate change on the table
With the shelving of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Former BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus AC FAICD discussed director nominations at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors’ annual conference in Melbourne in May. Here is an edited extract of what he had to say.
On choosing directors
Ov...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Dr Michael Petit
offers an alternative perspective on why many acquisitions fail to create value.
How value is destroyed
Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to pick up in 2010 compared with 2008 and 2009, with more of this ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
Sam Butcher
explains why agreeing on and articulating the behaviours expected of directors can be a powerful tool to enhance board performance.
Using behaviours to drive board performance
High-performing boards proactively manage two critical dimensions of their work: the frameworks ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
25 Jun 2010
The number of women being appointed to ASX 200 boards has increased significantly, lifting significantly the proportion of female board members in Australia’s top listed companies, new figures released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors show.
They show that so far in 2010, 24 pe...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Making the decision between a public course or the
In-Boardroom
program when furthering your professional development.
Choosing what’s best for you
Continuing professional development is clearly a priority for members of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Whether thro...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
As part of his opening address to the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship: 10
, in New Zealand last month, chairman Rick Lee discussed how the Australian Institute of Company Directors aimed to provide leadership on issues of importance to directors.
Making a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Leading chairmen,
Mark Johnson
and
James MacKenzie
, participated in a Q&A session at the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship:10
in Christchurch, New Zealand, in May. Here is an extract of what they had to say.
Conversations with the chairmen...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
A new breed of boards is likely to emerge as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to reform the nation’s healthcare system.
Domini Stuart
gains some insights into how they could be created.
Building healthy boards
Challenges of sitting on a hospital board may include
A complex ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
With the Rudd Government moving closer to its proposed health reform,
John Mero
flags some of the governance issues and challenges a new breed of hospital boards is likely to encounter.
The hospital governance challenge
Hosp...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
The global financial crisis appears to have blown darker clouds across Queensland than any other state.
Tony Featherstone
investigates the many challenges Sunshine State directors have to navigate as the gloom starts to lift.
Making a comeback
In its latest Business Outlook repor...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Phil Ruthven
investigates whether Australia is indeed an intelligent nation.
Measuring our smarts
If Australia was to judge its goal, as former Prime Minister Bob Hawke once said, as the intelligent nation, then one set of statistics suggests we are a long way short of this aspiration.
F...
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Content Type:
Media Release
20 May 2010
The report Guidance for Directors released by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) recognises industry leadership and the need for an ongoing focus on good governance, AICD said today.
Responding to a request from the Minister for Corporate Law, the Hon Chris Bowen, CAMAC’s...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
While future carbon legislation remains uncertain, there is no escaping the emerging low-carbon world.
Zilla Efrat
reports on how companies that do not manage the risks will lose out.
Winning in a low carbon world
No escape
Carbon emissions cannot be ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Many organisations have already assessed their carbon footprints and whether they comply with state and Federal regulations. But what do they do next to reduce their carbon emissions?
Andrew Griffiths
and
Alexander Stathakis
provide some pointers.
Beyond carbon compl...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
With the economy on the up, it’s time to start branching out again.
Nichola Clark
provides some pointers on how SMEs can start repositioning themselves for growth.
Sowing the seeds for growth
SMEs repositioning for growth should focus firmly on
Relations with their bankers
Plan...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Tony Featherstone
reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors.
The growing REM headache
The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
John M Green
suggests it may not be the proxy advisory firms that are the problem, but some of the institutions that hire them.
Proxy by proxy
During each year’s annual general meeting season, directors come out blasting at corporate governance proxy advisory firms. It’s mostly d...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Proxy advisers have come under attack recently, accused of being poorly resourced, not having the expertise to handle complex issues and using a tick-the-box approach.
Tony Featherstone
weighs into the debate and discovers there are two sides to the story.
Too much sway...
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Content Type:
Media Release
22 Apr 2010
Some of Australia’s most senior company chairmen and directors will be involved in a new program aimed at helping to increase the numbers of women on ASX 200 boards, launched today by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
The ASX 200 Chairmen’s Mentoring Program will involve 56 chairm...