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Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and cost fund managers must invest to find investible businesses. To further that aim, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) selected SVA, Foresters and SEFA to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... AU$10 million Social Enterprise Fund and supports social ventures across the state working to improve education and employment outcomes for people experiencing disadvantage. Palumbo will support the current SVA venture portfolio and look to opportunities ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... innovation for Westpac, and Rosemary Addis, former social innovation strategist at the Australian Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), have launched a company that will consult and collaborate in initiatives to build the ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... financing models, and philanthropists are keenly interested in helping those who need better opportunities in education and employment. There's extensive support the SVA consulting team can offer to improve outcomes in the social sector. I'm looking ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... financial stability. Good Shepherd Microfinance is calling for well developed and implemented financial system reform, employment and enterprise policy improvements to enable this progression. Draft terms of reference for the Financial System Inquiry ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). Foresters was one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m SEDIF, which was established to improve social enterprises' access ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... suggests that the Gross Local Product of the City of Melbourne increased from $58 billion in 2008 to $68 billion in 2012. Employment has received a major boost with 50,000 additional jobs created over the same period. The construction and building industries ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... perspective. It has also had both strategic and operational impacts, because you have decisions made around contracts and also employment opportunities, so not only strategic impacts but impacts in the operational sense as well." The survey results show ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... diversity and workplace health and safety, and the majority of the internally managed REITs have some form of engagement/employment survey in place. "Gender diversity appears to be on every board's agenda, as all REITs made a concerted effort to highlight ...

Two directors stepping down at Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... executive role with Australian Ethical Investment in November 2011. Newnham is quitting Australian Ethical to take employment with another organisation, Australian Ethical ays. "Steve has made a significant contribution to the board over the past few ...