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Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... owners around conservation of these types of areas has been ongoing for 20-plus years," she said. "It got to the point where people started thinking that the typical approaches weren't going to work, such as properties being purchased. There are ongoing ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... consumers," said Andrew Kuper, founder and president of LeapFrog Investments. "It's not the middle class, but the two billion people in Africa and Asia that are under the middle class but rising into it, and increasingly demanding financial services ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Fund - was founded in 1978 by the Storeman and Packers Union. "The fundamental values of the union are supporting working people," Sword said. "That's the founding principles that underpin the starting of this fund, and we've carried it all the way through ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... why not' jurisdiction," she said. "At ACSI, we think that is very suitable for the Australian market, because it allows people to take their own approach and it also means that the organisation has to think its way through the particular change, which ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... highlighted by recent tragedies such as the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh in April which left more than 1,100 people dead. In addition to the sheer human toll of such accidents, they can also pose a reputational risk to retail companies that ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... signatories with those practical tools, Reynolds said. "Part of the process was assessing, across all the things we're asking people to report on and assess them on, what are the tools that we have in each of these areas to assist signatories, to make ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the potential for investors to have more access to information like that under the Stronger Super reforms, Kirk said. "If people do want to take an active interest in where their money is invested, it can be challenging," Kirk said. "Frequently, funds ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the campaign demanding investors divest from holdings in South African companies during the apartheid era. "We're finding people all over the world now in institutions and we are convincing them to divest their funds from the fossil fuel industry," McKibben ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... highlight reporting by companies and public organisations. They were established "63 years ago by a group of professional people who were concerned about improving the accountability of activities of organisations", according to ARA's website. NAB won ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise, is working to provide affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Pollinate Energy's founders. Co-Founder Kat Kimmorley in centre of front row. Pollinate Energy has developed a business ...