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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... worth up to AU$3,000, at 3.99%, repayable over a three year period. The program is aimed at reducing financial exclusion of people who are unable to access mainstream credit from banks and credit unions. Additionally, 64.4% of StepUP clients who had ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... license conditions, Anderson said. "There are specific concerns over unconventional gas - it's a new source of gas, and people are risk averse," Anderson said. "While the legal mechanisms for addressing many of the issues are the same as for conventional ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... about unburnable carbon is the impact of time," Prior said. "The point here is that unburnable carbon is something that people have to be aware of, there may be a risk, and we identify where we see the highest risk - which is for thermal coal and with ...

Climate Institute calls for long-term national carbon budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon budget based on the bipartisan minimum targets would see, on average, Australians emit four times as much as other people globally to 2050," Jackson said. "Alongside the domestic transformation to a low pollution economy, credible pollution budgets ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... 25% of the Australian population will be over 65 by 2050, and said they will increase flexible working practices to help people stay in the workforce longer as well as increase employee participation from groups that are currently under-represented in ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... business units writing their own sections, we have an integrated working group developing the content together, comprised of people from strategy, corporate affairs, and corporate responsibility. It's shifted the way we think, and I think it's been incredibly ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... right way," said Glen Brennan, head of Indigenous finance and development at National Australia Bank. "We're bringing more people into the bank and using a lot of different mechanisms. We added internships this year, for university graduates. But the ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 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 ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... each year. A recent report by ComSec states Gen Y is now the largest demographic in Australia at just under five million people. They expect 'Authenticity' and 'Planet Responsibility' as part of the buying choices they make. They are also trend setters ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... work at Ethical Investor. I knew their investment track record, I knew about their investment process, and I'd met the people through my work at Givewell. I knew from the responsible investment benchmarking study that they were a well-established manger ...