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Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Programs that assist Aboriginal women and girls can have a multiplier effect through the wider community because women act as catalysts for social change according to a report examining approaches for philanthropic investment. The AMP Foundation report ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... company's reconciliation action plan (RAP), which was started in 2009 with commitments aimed at increasing employment for Aboriginal people. The number of self-identified aboriginal employees rose from a total of 1,012 people in 2011 to 1,164 in 2012. ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... to SEFA, and SEFA brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... without having to leave home, so they can do it a couple of hours a week and it's quite manageable to engage a local Aboriginal community. It's given a much broader reach to our engagement, because the issues in the Cape are much different than the issues ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Queensland and embedded carbon pricing systems. In community targets, Santos established three new agreements with Aboriginal groups and disclosed stakeholder-specific information in a reliable and timely manner. In terms of employee materiality, Santos ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate approaches to indigenous relations, which will be chaired by Karen Milward, chairperson of Kinaway, the Victorian Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce," Black noted. Other speakers at the conference include Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard chair in Corporate ...

Rio Tinto, government partner for Pilbara governance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... mentoring services for directors. This will be coordinated by the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, the native title representative body for the traditional owners of the Pilbara, also played a role in the establishment ...