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Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations

On 27 February 2024, the ASX Corporate Governance Council released the following consultation materials for a proposed fifth edition of the Corporate Governance Council Principles and Recommendations:

Submissions are now closed.

Council received 109 written submissions (31 on a confidential basis). Submissions could be made online, as an online questionnaire response or by uploading a document. The non-confidential submissions were received from:

Name Size
30% Club Australia - submission
240KB
ACSI - submission
204KB
Advisory Street - submission
183KB
Animal Welfare Lawyers - submission
1MB
ASFA Limited - submission
226KB
Asian Australian Lawyers Association - submission
280KB
Associate Professor Alice Klettner and Associate Professor Martijn Boersma - submission
565KB
Australian Finance Industry Association - submission
327KB
Australian Indigenous Governance Institute - submission
688KB
Australian Institute of Company Directors - submission
343KB
Australian LGBTQ Board and Executive Inclusion - submission
535KB
Australian Professionals of Colour - submission
1MB
Australian Retirement Trust - submission
229KB
Australian Shareholders Association - submission
692KB
Australian Sustainable Finance Institute - submission
467KB
Aware Super - submission
157KB
B Lab Australia and New Zealand - submission
1MB
Business Council of Australia - submission
225KB
CBUS Super - submission
254KB
CGI Glass Lewis - submission
759KB
Champions of Change Coalition - submission
186KB
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand - submission
2MB
Chief Executive Women - submission
2MB
Clayton Utz - submission
312KB
Company Matters - submission
190KB
Confidant Partners - submission
1MB
Corrs Chambers Westgarth submission
176KB
Deakin University Integrated Reporting Centre - submission
1MB
Dentons Australia - submission
702KB
Diversity Council Australia, University of Sydney Business School, UTS Business School/Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research - submission
347KB
Dr Akshaya Kamalnath - submission
147KB
Dr David White - submission
2MB
Dr Marina Nehme - submission
342KB
Dr Ulysses Chioatto - submission
199KB
Emeritus Professor Paul Redmond AM - submission
324KB
Environmental Defenders Office - submission
236KB
Equity JV - submission
1MB
Ethical Partners Funds Management - submission
373KB
EY - submission
234KB
Fair Work Ombudsman - submission
316KB
Financial Services Council - submission
158KB
Governance Institute of Australia - submission
340KB
Graham Bradley AM - submission
1MB
Guerdon Associates - submission
1MB
Herbert Smith Freehills - submission
239KB
HESTA - submission
243KB
Institute of Internal Auditors Australia - submission
275KB
International Corporate Governance Network - submission
278KB
Joint Civil Societies (on behalf of 11 civil societies) - submission
280KB
Kate Jenkins AO - submission
547KB
King & Wood Mallesons - submission
171KB
Kirsty Paynter - submission
200KB
KPMG Australia - submission
323KB
Law Council of Australia Business Law Section - submission
520KB
Lion Selection Group Limited - submission
143KB
Lunnon Metals - submission
1MB
Melior Investment Management - submission
140KB
Monash Business School - submission
317KB
Monash Centre for Financial Studies - submission
236KB
National Australia Bank Limited - submission
157KB
Ownership Matters - submission
123KB
Pillar Two - submission
270KB
Pride in Diversity - submission
124KB
Professor Bryan Horrigan - submission
674KB
Property Council of Australia - submission
196KB
PwC - submission
3MB
QBE Insurance Group Limited - submission
237KB
Race and Culture Coalition - submission
229KB
Rest Super - submission
175KB
Richard Dammery - submission
184KB
RSPCA Australia - submission
257KB
Settlement Services International - submission
181KB
Snow Medical Research Foundation - submission
1MB
Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association - submission
252KB
Tara Robson - submission
1MB
Wing Yan Yuen - submission
138KB
Workplace Gender Equality Agency - submission
224KB
World Animal Protection Australia - submission
3MB

On 27 February 2019, the ASX Corporate Goverance Council issued:

A copy of the presentation slides for ASX's roadshow in May 2019 on the final changes in the fourth edition can be viewed here. A live webcast of that presentation can be viewed here from 9am on Thursday 9th May 2019.

This followed a public consultation process that began on 2 May 2018, when the ASX Corporate Governance Council released for public comment:

A copy of the presentation slides for ASX’s roadshow in June 2018 on the proposed changes in the consultation version of the fourth edition can be viewed here.

The consultation period closed on 27 July 2018. Council received 100 submissions (8 on a confidential basis). The non-confidential submissions were received from:

Name Size
Akshaya Kamalnath - submission
304KB
AMP Capital - submission
112KB
Arnold Bloch Liebler - submission
86KB
Attorney-General's Department - submission
496KB
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board - submission
440KB
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility - submission
247KB
Australasian Investor Relations Association - submission
212KB
Australian Accounting Standards Board - submission
444KB
Australian Business Reporting Leaders Forum - submission
260KB
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors - submission
789KB
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors - submission
315KB
Australian Council of Trade Unions - submission
485KB
Australian Ethical - submission
258KB
Australian Institute of Company Directors - submission
944KB
Australian Institute of Performance Sciences - submission
1MB
Australian Red Cross and RMIT - submission
365KB
Australian Shareholders Association - submission
306KB
AustralianSuper - submission
3MB
BoardWalk Consultancy - submission
151KB
BoardWalk Consultancy - submission
1MB
Business Council of Australia - submission
151KB
CAER - submission
488KB
Carol Adams - submission
245KB
CBUS - submission
397KB
CGI Glass Lewis - submission
733KB
Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand - submission
68KB
Climate Disclosure Standards Board - submission
188KB
Cole Corporate - submission
75KB
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative - submission
577KB
Company Matters - submission
409KB
Company Secretarial and Governance Solutions - submission
291KB
Computershare - submission
257KB
Council of Institutional Investors - submission
176KB
CPA Australia - submission
600KB
Deakin Business School - submission
529KB
Dentons Australia - submission
882KB
Drs Angus Young and Aris Stouraitis - submission
360KB
Energy Consumers Australia - submission
76KB
Environmental Justice Australia - submission
214KB
Equal Workplaces Advisory Council - submission
46KB
Financial Services Council - submission
496KB
FINSIA - submission
199KB
First State Super - submission
57KB
Futureye - submission
250KB
G100 - submission
94KB
Governance Institute of Australia - submission
960KB
Graham Bradley - submission
106KB
GRC Institute - submission
1MB
Greenwoods + Herbert Smith Freehills - submission
119KB
GRI - submission
370KB
Guerdon Associates - submission
274KB
Herbert Smith Freehills - submission
57KB
Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited - submission
116KB
Hopgood Ganim Lawyers and Effective Governance Pty Ltd - submission
1MB
Institute of Directors (NZ) - submission
673KB
Institute of Internal Auditors Australia - submission
553KB
Institute of Public Accountants - submission
291KB
International Integrated Reporting Council - submission
272KB
Investor Group on Climate Change - submission
215KB
Jeremy Sammut - submission
513KB
Karen Walker - submission
1MB
Keith Reilly - submission
159KB
King and Wood Mallesons - submission
393KB
KPMG - submission
103KB
Law Council of Australia - submission
269KB
Malcolm Irving - submission
669KB
Market Forces - submission
95KB
Marque Lawyers and B Lab - submission
250KB
Maturity Institute - submission
129KB
Michael Hannell - submission
77KB
Minority Shareholders Watch Group - submission
68KB
NED Startup Boardroom - submission
227KB
Norges Bank Investment Management - submission
847KB
Ownership Matters - submission
129KB
PIRC - submission
109KB
Property Council of Australia - submission
448KB
PWC - submission
221KB
Race Discrimination Commissioner - submission
161KB
Regnan - submission
471KB
Responsible Investment Association Australasia - submission
183KB
RSPCA Australia - submission
219KB
SSAMM Management Consulting - submission
245KB
State Street Global Investors - submission
292KB
Sustainable Business Australia - submission
1MB
The Ethics Centre - submission
252KB
Thomson Reuters Connect4 - submission
201KB
Todd Davies and Associates - submission
235KB
University of Melbourne Law School - submission
682KB
UNPRI - submission
384KB
UWA - Centre for Mining and Natural Resources - submission
405KB
Vanguard Investments Australia - submission
183KB
VicSuper - submission
429KB
White Ribbon Australia - submission
617KB

On 27 March 2014, the ASX Corporate Governance Council issued:

This followed a public consultation process that began on 16 August 2013, when the ASX Corporate Governance Council released for public comment:

The consultation period closed on 15 November 2013.  Council received 69 submissions (5 on a confidential basis). The non-confidential submissions were received from:

Name Size
3 degrees consulting - submission
83KB
Allianz Australia - submission
45KB
AMP - submission
39KB
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board - submission
112KB
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility - submission
124KB
Australian Council of Superannuation Investors - submission
505KB
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations - submission
53KB
Australian Human Resources Institute - submission
387KB
Australian Institute of Company Directors - submission
5MB
Aviva plc / Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition - submission
268KB
BHP Billiton - submission
102KB
BlackRock - submission
195KB
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation - submission
727KB
CBUS - submission
274KB
CFA Societies Australia - submission
800KB
Chorus - submission
955KB
Climate Disclosure Standards Board - submission
521KB
Colonial First State - submission
151KB
Commonwealth Bank - submission
874KB
Corrs Chambers Westgarth - submission
72KB
Courage Advisory Services - submission
131KB
CPA Australia - submission
103KB
Dexus Property Group - submission
56KB
DH Flinders - submission
2MB
Diversity Council Australia - submission
178KB
EDO NSW - submission
365KB
Energetics - submission
216KB
Environment Protection Authority - submission
204KB
Financial Services Council - submission
517KB
Genral Templates - submission
408KB
Global Reporting Initiative & Sustainable Business Australia - submission
378KB
Governance Institute of Australia - submission
1MB
Graham Bradley AM - submission
148KB
Group of 100 - submission
683KB
GRT Lawyers - submission
1MB
Guerdon Associates - submission
494KB
Herbert Smith Freehills - submission
278KB
Ian Gilmour - submission
241KB
Institute of Internal Auditors Australia - submission
259KB
Institutional Shareholder Services - submission
194KB
International Corporate Governance Network - submission
722KB
KPMG - submission
64KB
Law Council of Australia - submission
501KB
Leighton Holdings - submission
499KB
Lion Selection Group - submission
115KB
Macquarie University - submission
106KB
Net Balance - submission
398KB
Origin Energy - submission
216KB
PricewaterhouseCoopers - submission
103KB
Publish What You Pay - submission
378KB
QBE Insurance Group - submission
16KB
Regnan - submission
470KB
Responsible Investment Association Australasia - submission
157KB
RISC Group Pty Ltd - submission
1MB
RPMI Railpen Investments - submission
417KB
Senex Energy - submission
220KB
SNS Asset Management - submission
165KB
Solaris Investment Management - submission
97KB
Standards Australia - submission
805KB
Telstra Corporation - submission
32KB
The Centre for Leadership Succession - submission
234KB
University of Western Australia - submission
89KB
Women on Boards - submission
190KB
YWCA - submission
164KB