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GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... group of Australian businesses, industry groups, universities and civil society organisations are urging the federal government to "remain focused" on creating a sustainable future while creating policies related to the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... of the latest in sustainable design and materials, potentially driving uptake of materials identified in the Federal Government's Technology Investment Roadmap such as green steel, aluminium and cement, and delivering long term benefits to Australia's ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... (Sefa) expects to increase the number of social enterprises it can finance as a result of participating in the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) has been selected as a lender as part of the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... safe and competitive Australia hydrogen industry." Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The federal government has announced the change in the Australian Government Clean Energy Finance Corporation Investment Mandate Direction 2020. The ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The federal government has granted the UN Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) nearly $100,000 to help companies tackle modern slavery risks under the National Community Crime Prevention Program. Vanessa Zimmerman, founder, Pillar Two GCNA will use ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... currently does not have the power under the Corporations Act to enable fully virtual AGMs, Armour noted "The federal government should prioritise legislative reform to enable virtual AGMs given it is not yet known how long current public health restrictions ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Victoria. Rendering of Younghusband Woolstores development (Image provided by Impact Investment Group) The Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment (DAWE), and ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects have signed on as tenants, which ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Klingberg - Director and Practice Lead: Energy and Utilities at Capgemini Australia. "On the one hand, we have the federal government saying that it is possible for Australia to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, on the other hand we have a number ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... through the Coca Cola Foundation, and it's a program that really is a gold standard of what a corporate, NGO and federal government funding partnership could look like in terms of business and NGOs working together to seek real, sustainable changes," ...