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Bega Cheese is Australia's one-of-a-kind
and. Founded in 1899, the company has gained image as major player in dairy sector globally, supplying natural as well as processed items to the retail moreover food service markets in the Australia and a
oad. Bega cheese organization is one of the public companies listed in the successful IPO in 2011. Since the year 2007, Bega cheese has doubled in size in six years, is a buy buyer. Bega Cheese is completely proud of their strong, yet strong business strategy; Bega is tremendously disciplined to manage cash along with capital." The main focus is Bega cheese, which is a strong balance sheet as well as Bega, is in a position to understand when opportunities arise. Bega Cheese Limited in a newly created investment fund called Corporate as well as Social Responsible Fund. Bega cheese has a
oader corporate objective in the fund. This report highlight the Bega cheese board structure of firms, corporate governance, and compensation packages, which are helpful in aligning the interests of managers to those of shareholders. This report highlights Bega’s business operations are sustainable and highlights how the Bega satisfy the industry standard in terms of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
Contents
Introduction    3
Bega’s cu
ent structure of the board of directors    3
Recommended guidelines of good corporate governance    4
Compensation package of Bega’s CEO and top executives    4
Effectiveness in delivering total returns to shareholders    5
Identification of two major sources of risks that Bega may potentially face    6
Analysis of the strategies that Bega has in place to manage these risks    7
Bega’s other internal and external corporate governance mechanisms and    7
Differences between the corporate governance mechanisms in Australia and Europe    9
Bega’s corporate social responsibility program    9
Conclusion    10
References    12
Introduction
In the 1850s, the dairy industry in Bega Valley began. That time every farmer produced and sold products like butter and cheese from their dairy products. Today, Bega has a website from the Bega to Melbourne and northern Victoria and now has about 2,000 employees. The company has evolved from Bega's modest and localized partnership tradition to become an important innovator in the Australian and international dairy industry. The Bega is still operating at the original site of Lagoon Street, producing cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese and whey powder. There are now about 500 farms supplying the Bega Group. The company produces approximately 236,000 tons of dairy products equivalents to annual sales of more than $1.2 billion.
Bega’s cu
ent structure of Bega’s board of directors (BoD)
The cu
ent BoD consists of five supplier directors, such as Executive Chairman and external independent director who have no business or other relationship or interest with the company or any other relevant person. The board of directors intends to appoint a second external independent director shortly after the company's listing on the ANZ Securities Exchange. There is a very clear division of roles and responsibilities between chairman and CEO roles. The Company believes that with its extensive experience in the design and implementation of strategic business plans and a comprehensive understanding of the dairy industry, the Chairman will provide the Group with the prospects and expertise of the Group's strategic development to the continued development of a Group and it is important for the success. Therefore, in the company's view, it is reasonable for the chairman's executive role to overlap with the CEO's responsibilities (Analytics, 2018). In all other respects, the roles of chairman and chief executive are still clearly divided and separated.
Recommended guidelines of good corporate governance
In developing these policies, the Board of Directors of Bega Cheese has also followed a “Corporate Governance rules and Principles as well as Recommendations” issued by the ASX Corporate Governance Committee. The CGS outlines the level to which company's corporate governance practices and policies are reliable with the recommendations at the initial public offering and listing time, based on the prospectus submitted to ASIC. The Board did not consider that all Recommendations were applicable to the Company and at this time and as a background for the cooperative business (Annualreports.com, 2017).
Compensation package of Bega’s CEO and top executives
BGA's CEO compensation program is designed to promote greater consistency with shareholders. Another case that could trigger a dangerous signal is a significant difference in the growth rate of a company's earnings compared to executive revenue. For example, if earnings growth falls by more than 20% and the CEO increases wages by more than 20%, coordination between shareholders and insiders may be problematic. BGA investors should be reassured because the company's situation is not the case, as earnings per share increased by 43.72% in the past year, while CEO compensation rose by 41.09%. The BGA CEO’s salary is $637,666, which is higher than the reasonable salary I think is based on the equation. CEO and executive compensation is a good indicator of the company's leadership and good relationships with our other shareholders. But it is certainly not enough to make investment decisions based solely on this indicator (Mallick, 2017).
Effectiveness in delivering total returns to shareholders
The BG Group announces the importance of allotment of shareholder returns and will announce the final dividend of 5.0 cents per share, which will include the total dividend paid and declared at 10.0 cents per share in the financial year 2017 and the increase in 0.5 cents per share in FY12 Throughout history, Bega cheese group is eager to make a difference. Increased support for the farmers of milk producers, milk producers, and providers of services, personal contact with customers and awareness of the importance of
and and corporate prestige has given high returns for shareholders. From the end of the cu
ent fiscal year, the above director has proposed to pay a final dividend of $ 9.3 million (5.0 percent per share) on September 13, 2017. Financial Year 2017 will be considered for the historic Bega Group as a year, in the strongest corporate dealings, strong support from our Dairy Suppliers and shareholders and the stable financial performance in a very challenging industry environment is proud of the group. Most compensation for each KMP is directly related to budgetary profits, cash flows, security and strategic personal aimed goals. While reviewing the KMP compensation for the financial year 2017, human resources general manager has received cu
ent pay market information for revenue, market capitalization, number of employees and comparative organizations based on industry (Becker, 2018). Directors of the remuneration board of directors have set the total annual total annual total amount of $ 1,200,000 in shareholders' annual general meeting of shareholders. To maintain impartiality and independence, the CEO are not eligible for any kind of encouragement and their level of expenditure is not determined on the basis of group performance measures (Atradius.com.au, 2018).
Identification of two major sources of risks that Bega may potentially face
The BG Group announces the importance of allotment of shareholder returns and will announce the final dividend of 5.0 cents per share, which will include the total dividend paid and declared at 10.0 cents per share in the financial year 2017 and the increase in 0.5 cents per share in FY12 Throughout history, Bega group is eager to make a difference. Increased support for the farmers of milk producers, milk producers, and providers of services, personal contact with customers and awareness of the importance of
and and corporate prestige has given high returns for shareholders. From the end of the cu
ent fiscal year, the above director has proposed to pay a final dividend of $ 9.3 million (5.0 percent per share) on September 13, 2017. Financial Year 2017 will be considered for the historic Bega Group as a year, in the strongest corporate dealings, strong support from our Dairy Suppliers and shareholders and the stable financial performance in a very challenging industry environment is proud of the group. Most compensation for each KMP is directly related to budgetary profits, cash flows, security and strategic personal aimed goals. Giving additional risk-reward (RAR) payments to each KMP target, on which success of performance standards directly results directly in the impact of the group's income and its shareholders' shareholders. While reviewing the KMP compensation for the financial year 2017, human resources general manager has received cu
ent pay market information for revenue, market capitalization, number of employees and comparative organizations based on industry (Ausfoodnews, 2016). Directors of the remuneration board of directors have set the total annual total annual total amount of $ 1,200,000 in shareholders' annual general meeting of shareholders.
Analysis of the strategies that Bega has in place to manage these risks
Recognizing risks related to the business of the board and managing it properly is a very important priority board. Bega has accepted a risk management plan that is suitable for its business. This strategy emphasizes the risks associated with the operation of Bega. The senior management group is responsible for the designing as well as implementing risks for reducing and controlling the risks associated with the operation of the group and reports these risks to the ARC and the Board of Directors on a regular basis. The ARC group is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating financial or non-financial risk management moroever compliance processes. To ensure that the framework is consistent, the Board reviews the group's risk management plan every year. The Board of Directors has reviewed the report contained in this annual report. The Board and the CFO have reported on the effectiveness of the Bega Group to manage their significant business risks. Bega Cheese has a strong risk management plan that deals with the risks of understanding the problem of the community and understanding the needs of the customers, maintaining a high supply relationship, maintaining a secured and fast workforce, and sharing risks with shared values plus valid code (Begacheese.com.au, 2016). The internal audit work, the Bega Group's risk management, adequate availability and internal control and administration system give the effectiveness and assurances of recommendations to improve efficiency and efficiencies of these systems and processes.
Bega’s other internal and external corporate governance mechanisms
Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms
The internal mechanism is the method and method used by the company to help management improve shareholder value. The components of the internal mechanism of Bega Cheese include the ownership structure, the board of directors, audit committee, and compensation committee.
Board of Directors: The board of directors is Bega Cheese main staff. For Bega Cheese they are the backbone of the company. They have more power and responsibility for commercial companies, they track and control all activities of management to keep performance on the track and protect the interests of stakeholders (CSRHub - Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsiblity (CSR) ratings on over 18,193 of the world’s largest public and private companies., 2018).
Board Committee: The Board Committee is an additional part of the board. They participate in those activities that are assigned to them by directors. According to the nature of the business, the board committee is regulated by laws and regulations promulgated by Bega Cheese. It all depends on national laws and regulations.
External Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Financial markets: The stock market plays a significant role in the ups and downs of the company. There is a direct relationship between Bega Cheese market value and the manager's efficiency. If the shareholder starts selling the Bega Cheese stock for some reason, and if the process proceeds further, the market value of the company will naturally begin to decline.
Markets for goods and services: Competition is another factor in leading commercial companies. If society does not like the products and services offered by commercial companies, then their business will begin to decline and become natural and may lead to lower profit margins for commercial companies (Harjoto, 2017). Therefore, Bega Cheese needs to adopt researchers and surveys in a timely manner in order to mine resources according to market demand.
Differences between the corporate governance mechanisms in Australia and Europe
Within Australia, it is believed that very “good” corporate governance can support company performance, which has affected the expansion of corporate governance, not only legal conformity issues. Despite the rich academic research between corporate performance and corporate governance systems, it is unclear whether this “linkage” between governance and performance is causal or merely relevant. In any case, although it is difficult to conclude that good governance can lead to good performance, it is clear that poor governance practices combined with poor performance can expose companies to serious risks of corporate failure. Due to the special approach is taken by Australian corporate governance reforms, especially legislative reforms; the cu
ent corporate governance system has led to “over-regulation” in many areas. Prominent examples include laws that impose personal responsibility on directors and salary reporting requirements under the Companies Act (Hinson and Ndhlovu, 2011). On the other hand, the wider the distribution of equity, the greater the role of the market in exercising control of the company, and the need to establish rules to fully and effectively control the company. The equity of several continental countries in Europe is quite concentrated, making corporate governance issues less frequent or obvious.
Bega’s corporate social responsibility program
Bega's CSR program includes a commitment to the environment, employees, communities and other stakeholders; and in view of Bega's business nature and mission, assess whether Bega's social responsibility is adequate. Every size company has CSR to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to achieve greater benefits for the planet. Corporate Social Responsibility focuses on treating ethical stakeholders in an ethical or socially responsible manner, which will ultimately protect and promote Bega
and's active development to stakeholders and communities and secure employees and organization’s environment (Trong Tuan, 2012). Bega provides the Bega community with Huge CSR; the community relies on the riches of cheese makers that provide manufacturing jobs and buys local dairy production. Bega understands its CSR benefits and therefore
anding as a part of a community and through a large number of the investment has won the trust and respect of the town (Kelly, 2014). The ca
on tax on greenhouse gases has made Bega pay more attention to corporate social responsibility related to raw materials, production, and impact on the Bega community and the world (Masoud, 2017). The Bega has launched many projects to balance employee benefits and dairy farmers who have already suffered enormous financial pressures in the industry. An article published in the Daily Telegraph "estimates that according to the ca
on tax, the energy costs of farmers in New South Wales will be $7,691 higher." Bega Cheese should first continue to use "printing ads to promote stakeholder CSR actions, including a wide society because communication and the connection between business and society can be established. Secondly, continue to form alliances with farmers, researchers, stakeholders and the government to ensure that the entire process, for instance “soil chemistry analysis”, is improved to understand the process to lessen the ca
on emissions (Mallick, 2017).
Conclusion
This study concludes that Bega’s business operations are sustainable and they completely satisfy the industry standard in terms of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Bega cheese work under the scrutiny from Environment Department, Conservation as well as Climate Change the Company i
adiates the su
ounding fields with nutrient-loaded water from the production process and gives another benefit to the local farmers. Bega cheese has an unparalleled reputation in the dairy industry and tries to achieve many successes every day. The quality assurance of the company is not the second it has been given quality standards of pharmaceutical quality and the product separates its commitment to innovation from the competition. Company provides maximize shareholders’ wealth, and also care for their stakeholders, which include their customers, employees, the society, and the environment.
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