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Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... trails off and people start to go back to work," Lashof said. "The economy will need a real jolt to get up to full employment. That's where there is need to really focus on investments that lay the groundwork for decarbonisation of our economies. That ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... them to stay at home when ill." "We're also learning that there are reasons not to tie wellbeing too tightly to employment. When business does not provide the incomes people need, for any reason, it is in no-one's interests to allow the consequences ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... existing Wesfarmers facility by "incentivising better social outcomes, through a commitment to increase Indigenous employment opportunities, and enhanced environmental outcomes, through reduced carbon emission intensity," CBA said. CBA's Group Executive ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... signed on as tenants, which Impact Investment Group calls "votes of confidence in the future of the precinct as an employment hub, and in Impact Investment Group as a developer of choice for premium, sustainable office accommodation." Impact Investment ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... these sectors are crucial to finding solutions to global health and poverty challenges, provides the main source of employment in developing economies, while agriculture is second only to the energy sector for greenhouse gas emissions." This is the second ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... than 14,000 Community Interest Companies that contribute three per cent of GDP and five per cent of the UK's total employment. Closer to home, the NZ Government is exploring legal models to drive investment and create a thriving social enterprise sector. ...

Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... commercials nailed down, we go back and review how do we get the second order social benefits, which could be around local employment, local business participation and even the second order effects of, for example, if we provide clean drinking water ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... 2,000 to 2,500 formal complaints in a year. "What we found was that two thirds of complaints concerned discriminatory employment practices or discrimination in the delivery of goods and services. Two thirds of matters that really concern Australians ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... to better outcomes for people and planet. We have seen 3D printed solutions for people living with disability, and employment solutions for the long-term unemployed. Many of the successful grant recipients told us they could not have successfully raised ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... of the state over the coming years," said Andrew Gardner, CEFC Wind Sector lead. "This project will create regional employment opportunities both during and after construction. It will also deliver ongoing benefits through community investment funds ...