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Conscious IM brings affordable housing solutions under HAFF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... collaboration with a network of experienced community providers, CIM has recently successfully closed its second dedicated social and affordable housing fund, the CIM Social Housing Fund 2 (SHF2). Once fully deployed, SHF2 is expected to deliver approximately ...

CPA calls for stricter rules on sustainability claims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has called for stricter rules to govern the naming and marketing of managed investment and superannuation products to protect consumers from misleading sustainability claims. Responding to the Treasury consultation on sustainable investment ...

Paul Ramsay Foundation hires for impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... Foundation has hired a chief impact officer. Carolyn Curtis, formerly the chief executive of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI), is taking on the role. Curtis has been serving in the role in an acting capacity since June, but will now ...

Family offices stick to sustainable investing: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... that family offices have not only maintained their focus but have refined their strategies to capture the twin benefits of social impact and robust returns. Our community's resilience exemplifies the forward-thinking approach that continues to drive ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... well as criteria for doing no significant harm (DNSH) in respect of other key environmental objectives and meeting minimum social safeguards (MSS) for corporate governance, human rights and First Nations people's rights. The release of the Taxonomy is ...

Podcast: Fighting modern slavery

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar speaks with Charlotte O'Meara, head of responsible investment at Challenger. They delve into the issue of modern slavery and how an investor network representing $12 trillion FUM hopes to ...

Female participation in the workforce hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... be important in meeting investor demand for opportunities that deliver strong financial returns and achieve meaningful social and environmental outcomes." "We believe there's a significant opportunity to channel capital into investments that drive measurable ...

Green bonds: The good, the bad, the opportunities

JOHANN PLE  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... this, the green bond market also broke new records of issuance with US$447 billion in 2024. This dynamic has led the Green, Social and Sustainability (GSS) universe to match its 2021 record of issuance and thus outpace 2023 by 17%. Credit accounted for ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Women beginning their careers in 2025 with a 12% super guarantee (SG) rate in place could have as much as $400,000 more in retirement, new HESTA modelling suggests. The modelling showed women representative of the average HESTA member were projected ...