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Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

Fifteen Australian signatories leave PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Capital, APN Property Group Limited, Arkx Investment Management, Australian Pastoral Funds Management, Blue Sky Water Partners, Catalyst Investment Managers, Cromwell Property Group, Five Oceans Asset management, Local Super, mecu, Orion Asset Management ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... diversity to better service clients," for example. The report noted that eight out of ten of Australia's ten largest trading partners are in Asia, and that Australia's two-way trade in goods and services totalled more than A$600 billion or 41% of GPD ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The growth of social impact investment and the development of new models for social enterprises are leading to a "new social contract" between citizens, the state and the private sector, according to Filippo Addarii, director of international strategy ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... with asylum seekers on the island through his social support work with a non-profit organisation Humanitarian Research Partners." Walsh emphasised that the existence of detention centres is a matter of Australian government policy, and the decision to ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
AGL has installed the first solar panel modules at its large-scale solar plant in Nyngan, New South Wales. AGL has installed the first solar panels at the Nyngan Solar Plant. L-R Ray Donald, Bogan Shire mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the direct infrastructure division Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will establish the country's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund. Meg McDonald, chief operating ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Creating a valuation of companies' intangible assets, including innovation, brand, productivity and sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance should be a "bottom-up" approach that is aligned with management accounts ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... focuses on the role banks have in society through the lens of shared value. "It is intended to help bank leaders, their partners, and industry regulators seize opportunities to create financial value while addressing unmet social and environmental needs ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open SA Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Money store will increase reach and access to NILS and StepUP - currently 1,150 loans were written in 2013 by community partners across South Australia. Good Shepherd Microfinance have not yet announced their network partners for the Good Money store ...