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US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... engaging directly with Geo Group may not result in their desired outcome to end detention centres, impacting their cost of capital to build those centres may bring added leverage. "Getting back to the banks, if [Geo Group and Core Civic] are not able ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations that have at least got the right CEO that's saying, "Yes. I want to do this and I'm willing to stake my reputation capital and, oh I don't know, 40 grand or something," an ability to take a shortcut. And what we're giving them is a short ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... end. The CEFC also operates the Clean Energy Innovation Fund in consultation with ARENA. The fund has committed venture capital of more than $56 million to nine innovative companies. Together, these companies have raised more than $140 million of new ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... pipeline, such as the bonds that NAB have issued. Goodman, who also works on the Giant Leap Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that looks at scalable, tech-enabled businesses that have a social or environmental benefit build into the strategy ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... remuneration, cognitive diversity at board level, climate risk management, supply chain management, and strategic human capital management among other issues, Vamos said.

ACSI to expand research, analyst team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... also looking at more issues - it's not just governance or climate risk. It's things like modern slavery, franchising, capital raising. We want to do justice to those and have an impact." Interested applicants can download the position description for ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... forestry and processing assets. New Forests is currently investing its Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3, which has capital commitments of AU$873 million from a combination of pension funds and superannuation funds, New Forests said. "New Forests continues ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Giant Leap Fund has become Australia's first venture capital firm investing in impact businesses. The $15 million fund is owned by Impact Investment Group, and is investing in businesses that "blend financial returns with deep social and environmental ...

Sodexo Australia moves to cage free eggs for fresh egg supply

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Sodexo Australia has begun sourcing 9 million fresh eggs for its Australian operations from cage free egg supplier Farm Pride Foods. Photo courtesy Sodexo Australia The switch to cage-free eggs comes seven years ahead of parent company Sodexo's corporate ...

IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the funds they need to grow and create jobs." The WEOF is a first-of-its-kind facility dedicated to expanding access to capital for 100,000 women entrepreneurs globally. IFC's Banking on Women Program has committed 64 investments globally worth US$1.71 ...