Directors could be personally liable for failing to consider risks caused by a company’s impact on the natural environment,according to legal advice commissioned by climate change advisory firm.
The pushback from large shareholders against executive pay packets reflects the general poor quality of Australian boards.
If Telstra is the warm-up for the big Qantas AGM event next month,chairman Richard Goyder will be bracing for impact.
Everyone in the real world who had not been drinking the Kool-Aid at Mascot knew Goyder would be nudged to the departure lounge early.
Qantas has committed to rejig its board and impose a three-year tenure limit for directors as it seeks to restore trust with the public.
A KPMG survey of more than 1300 chief executives shows the majority expect workers to end up in the office full-time as business conditions normalise.
Endeavour told investors it was concerned by the “ongoing and significant disruption” to the business and would now put retail veteran Bill Wavish up for election at this year’s annual meeting.
Qantas is the latest big company in strife that has tweaked its bonus scheme to put a tad less emphasis on returns. The trend has divided investors.
Rio Tinto has apologised after iron ore blasting may have damaged a registered cultural heritage site,three years after the global Juukan Gorge scandal.
The airline’s board of directors – including chairman Richard Goyder,Maxine Brenner and advertising executive Todd Sampson – have all received a pay bump.
Apple’s true specialty isn’t consumer technology. It’s marketing. So how much can we believe it selling its green credentials?