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Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... investments in the data set as well, the report found. The report noted that the most measured outcome area is employment, training and participation (skills and job creation), followed by income and ï¬nancial inclusion. Impact Investing Australia ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Projects seeks to do business with remote and Indigenous communities, Pratt said. In that spirit, AllGrid focuses on "training up local people and assisting them to establish working opportunities with new technologies we introduce," Pratt said. The ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... offering a non-executive director programme for the first time in Melbourne next year, as an extension of its sustainability training programmes for corporate executives. Terence Jeyaretnam, EY The CISL's Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... systems (e.g. ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001) and starting with programs developed by other companies or NGOs such as supplier training and community initiatives," Jeyaretnam said. "Greater effort is required when it's a complex social problem wider than ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... takes social impact types indicators - something like a person going into employment, or an individual achieving some training or degree or whatever," Hayhurst said. "It attempts using reliable robust data to put a price on what that is in a sense.... ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... service industries tend to have responded better, although insurance was a laggard," he said." Because of the high costs of training skilled executive staff, having low participation levels of women means that companies are not only open to governance ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... collaborators." LQRA is a global provider of independent assessment services including certification, validation, verification and training across a broad spectrum of standards and schemes. "For companies reporting through CDP, the value of independent ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... has "championed policy reforms to improve governance in Australia and actively developed and delivered education and training for governance professionals." "Simon is recognised for his leadership on practical and effective governance measures and reforms," ...

DCA calls for inclusive leadership at Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... objective through the managing director down to the to the divisions." Supporting their initiatives, Programmed groups have training modules to induct employees in inclusive leadership, Taylor said. "It encourages people to get through the modules to ...

ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... have worked together, co-hosted events, developed joint publications and policy responses, and provided education and training through the PRI Academy. ASrIA is the exclusive Asian partner of PRI Academy. "Being part of an international and well-established ...