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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 ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Responsibility. "The way things are currently structured, it's quite challenging to get companies to agree to resolutions. People tend to be forced to look at the constitutional amendments." Thus, proposing motions as constitutional amendments shouldn't ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... very often non-linear," said Louise Doyle, a principal with Effective Philanthropy and co-author of the report. "Where people come in from a mainstream western background would go through school all the way through year twelve, then move on to further ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... be attributed to the impact of two-strikes, but you can't underestimate threat of name and shame... and that there are people who are willing to publicly talk about remuneration packages." Boards are more willing to listen when investors ask questions ...