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Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sedex Global and OpenCorporates will partner with the World Bank Institute to develop the Open Supply Chain Platform, an initiative aimed at companies' transparency and performance in responsible supply chain data. The Open Supply Chain Platform will ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
(ed. note: Substantially updates throughout with comment from Lois Guthrie) The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has launched a discussion paper aimed at developing means for companies to assess and disclose carbon asset stranding risks (CASR). ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
( Ed. note: substantially updated with comment from Martin Doyle, executive chairman, Iman Operations) Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous cleaning company based in Queensland that ...

SVA appoints Rob Koczkar as incoming CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... investment into the social sector and worked with more than 88 social ventures including the Beacon Foundation, Ganbina and AIME. Michael has continued to drive extraordinary initiatives like the GoodStart buyout, Australia's largest social finance transaction. ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Australasia. Current ventures supported by SVA with operations in WA include the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), Beacon Foundation, CareerTrackers and The Song Room.

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Energy Institute (UK), a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME (USA) and a member of The Club of Rome. BHP Billiton opposes Dunlop's nomination. In their notice of AGM for 2013, BHP Chairman ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The United Nations Statistics Division has developed an experimental ecosystem accounting system to quantify ecosystem services and conditions in physical and monetary terms. Although the proposed accounting system is initially intended for governmental ...

Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Cities that undertake initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are reducing costs, potentially attracting new business and economic growth and taking steps aimed at improving the health of their residents, according to a report from CDP. The CDP ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family Preservation Service. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of social innovation at Westpac The ...