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Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is tremendous opportunity in community finance/microfinance. At the moment, we're by far the biggest microfinance ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Creating shared value (CSV) in companies and not-for-profits can unlock powerful social and economic returns, but requires internal champions that can integrate the approaches into organisational strategies, and can be a challenge when it comes to defining ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... is one of the founding signatories. NCD is convened by the The Global Canopy Programme and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). WBCSD will give insights and make recommendations in the development of assessment, accounting, and ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing fair and affordable finance ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... access to solar energy through a package including a high quality grid connected solar system and a 100% Westpac equipment finance loan," according to the bank, and provided educational seminars through Westpac's Davidson Institution for Australian small ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Tata Chemicals Magadi, Nilesh Moodley, group sustainability manager, Liberty Group, Roberto Pedote, vice president of finance, investor relations and legal affairs, Natura Cosmeticos, Karsten Schroeder, head of sustainability measurement and reporting ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... think that it was interesting and challenging, because you do have business departments that are siloed, and getting the finance team to incorporate information from other parts of the business was interesting." The process was founded on bankmecu's ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia Benchmark report. "We are delighted to have been able to attract such a respected finance industry leader to our board," said Dick Carter, chairperson of the UCA Funds Group. "Terry offers us a unique combination ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... a lot of models out there to pay for those projects such as operating leases, chattel mortgages and other longer term finance. What've seen in the market is that EUAs, as a form of financing, make solar compelling. Solar might have a seven year simple ...