With mandatory climate reporting underway in Australia, this guide supports boards and investors in navigating the complexities of climate transition planning. It reflects insights from directors and investors and provides an overview of directors’ legal obligations. The guide aims to support company boards in overseeing the development and implementation of transition plans, including articulating investors’...

A comprehensive analysis of the composition of Australian ASX300 boards measuring diversity and inclusion beyond the conventional dimension of gender to cover areas such as First Nations, disability, LGBTQ+ and cultural background. It finds that despite the progress in gender representation, other forms of diversity have stagnated or declined, notably cultural and ethnic diversity.

Three years on from the release of the Respect@Work report, a positive duty for all employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate workplace sexual harassment and other harmful conduct has been introduced. To support directors navigate this new landscape, the AICD undertook this research with ACSI to understand boards’ preparedness for these new...

This study reveals that Australian boards see climate change as a key strategic and risk issue, but face capacity and resource constraints in responding to the challenge.

This guide is an introductory resource for directors on climate change risk governance. It provides a plain-language introduction to fundamental climate change concepts, and considers this issue in the context of the non-executive directors’ role and duties.