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Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... independence declaration including "that we must be the change we seek in the world, that all business ought to be conducted as if people and place mattered, that, through their products, practices, and profits, businesses should aspire to do no harm ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... the bank's values and behaviours, their sensitive sector policies and their human rights approach. The bank updated its people and community statement to reflect the United Nations Principles on Business and Human Rights and developed a hydropower policy ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... relatively fewer number of investors to the category. "We probably watch them a little more closely because we know that other people aren't," Macready said. "With our infrastructure assets, as much as it's important to keep an eye on them, there are ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Sistas, a social enterprise which has bought a former tourism business and turned it into low-cost accommodation service for people coming to Cairns for health services, as well as crisis accommodation for the homeless. The money has gone towards the ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... group reports to the board's executive committee and service committee, and covers the head of investor relations, head of people, head of sustainability and head of wholesale partnerships, according to Charter Hall's organisation chart. The company ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... much to see. The key issues Woolworths is far from the evil empire that some believe it to be. It invests heavily in its people and, in a cosily competitive market, pushes to deliver good quality food and fun to millions of people. But it does have some ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... increasing attention to the way in which the world's largest asset owners manage "There's nothing like a league table to get people fired up," Poulter said. "I think the competition will, is already beginning, to have an impact. A couple of Australian ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Melbourne to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney at the Good Money launch in Geelong, Victoria in April The retail site in the inner ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... that the need for information in business is becoming broader than just financial information, and there is a need to help people to provide assurance on all kinds of information. It's not just for full-scale sustainability reporting - it's equally important ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... conducted earlier this year by Change the Conversation, an independent media and communications solutions agency. "I think what people are looking for is closer dialogue with government departments," said Stephen Hale, general manager, director of Change ...