Each year the Australian Shareholders' Association monitors the performance of most of Australia’s top 200 companies - protecting the rights of retail shareholders with a dedicated team of volunteer company monitors. Fiona Balzer is the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the ASA and she is here to talk about the upcoming AGM season and especially, what it means for members who want to make sure that their savings and super is invested in companies that are acting ethically.
We talk about:
The impact of COVID this year
Ensuring that virtual meetings are close as possible to physical
Boards being stretched thin due to directors having been hit with challenges at the same time in multiple companies
Conduct issues – companies dealing with sexual harassment and bullying
Conduct and consequence management after the Banking Royal Commission
Executives sharing the pain equally during the COVID crisis?
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