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Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Target," the government said in the explanatory note. "The Corporation should ensure it is cognisant of these risks when investing in projects eligible for these certificates. As a statutory authority owned by the Commonwealth, the Corporation has a ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... financial capital to effectuate economic and social outcomes. The report looks at how overseas markets have developed impact investing models and what the Australia market can do. DEEWR and JBWere launched the report with a series of discussions with ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... showing people what can be done." See Also: Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio, social financing sector

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... executive at firms including Hunter Hall. He talks to The Sustainability Report about his experiences in responsible investing and the role UCA Funds plays as a social enterprise and ethical funds manager. RA: What drew you to the role at UCA Funds Management? ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of new programs in the last six months, and one those is around impact investing," said Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at PA, who is responsible for the impact investing program. "We are supporting ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... well for them." Meanwhile, Community Sector Banking is also looking at developing its services around managing impact investing services geared towards philanthropies. Philanthropy Australia recently announced that they will be working on a longer term ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AMP Capital is investing US$100 million with Capistrano Wind Partners, a developer, owner and operator of a diversified portfolio of large-scale wind energy projects in North America. Capistrano Wind Partners was formed last year by Edison Mission Energy ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... investments across asset classes, from listed equities and fixed income to hedge funds and microfinance. Managed sustainable investing portfolios in Australia has increased by 33% between 2010 and 2012, from US$13.2bn to US$17.5bn. The report also noted ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... pollution control, waste management, environmental support services, sustainable resource management and green bonds/impact investing. "Unlisted alternatives can form a hedge or be a way of diversifying risk for institutional investor," said Helga Birgden ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... have nearly doubled their investment in emissions reductions initiatives in one year - in 2011, 39% of members reported investing in emissions reductions initiatives. While the percentage of suppliers investing in initiatives remained flat, the absolute ...