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SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... will enable the company to deliver on a large commercial cleaning contact. Mark Peacock, associate director, impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The financing agreement with Iman Operations is aimed at assisting the company scale operations after ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... gives the market a reference point to develop further." Because the World Bank has an established, verified process of investing in climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in developing markets, Westpac has confidence in the bonds' stated aims. ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... there is no legal barrier preventing trusts and foundations from pursuing impact investments, and finds that impact investing has to move past the stage of engaging with early adopters in order to achieve predicted market potential of AU$32 billion over ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... considerations of investments in assets that are high carbon-emitters or carbon-intensive, there is a moral imperative aspect to investing in those assets that will also impact on trustees' decisions. El Hassan and colleague Elisa de Wit, climate change ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Forestry and environmental markets fund manager New Forests has completed investing and closing in three funds in Australia and New Zealand and Asia and engaged in conservation and community engagement activities across its assets, the company reported ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... one means of increasing access to capital for social sector enterprises. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia SVA has submitted comments to the Financial System Inquiry, headed David Murray. SVA's comments ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... data sets over a large universe, and we have found that over longer investment horizons, the greater the efficacy of investing in companies with strong ESG scores. It also depends on the sector - in some sectors ESG pays off or is more relevant than ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... global political economy is shifting and evolving, and these issues are changing the landscape for business. If you're investing internationally in companies that are operating in a changing landscape, it makes sense to pay attention. We will see how ...

Social Ventures Australia funds Melbourne LEGO club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... manager. "Through supporting enterprises like this we hope the Social Impact Fund will act as a catalyst for more impact investing in Australia, and create an investment market that will better meet the needs of investors seeking both a financial and ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... the diversity of assets under their management.... In addition to moving out of the sectors, we need to be looking at investing in the solutions because without that concomitant investment in the low carbon sectors, we're not going to see the change ...