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Dhaka, Colombo stock exchanges launch guides for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), have launched technical guidance guides to listed companies with recommendations on best practice for sustainability reporting. GRI provided technical input to the guides, and both ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... banking. "Bank Australia have their retail lending and deposit products certified, and Community Sector Banking's social impact deposit account is certified," O'Connor noted. "We're really seeing that it's a shift from responsible investment to responsible ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... can co-exist, over half (52%) of Australian business leaders invest in initiatives they hope will have a positive social impact to generate new revenue streams, while 9% say they do so to meet shareholder expectations. The survey also showed that 57% ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... afterthought, but it's very much a secondary objective." For Social Ventures Australia, a not-for-profit that invests in social impact assets, the managing for impact is central to the organisation's mission, said Alex Oppes, manager, impact investing ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... what they can do toward improving social and environmental issues," said Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. "There comes a time when they can no longer talk only about making money." ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... appropriate reporting and performance targets, encouraging adequate deal flow, and finding projects that generate social impact as well as projects generating environmental impact. A panel of experts discussed the results of Responsible Investment Association ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... report launched today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University. Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2018 ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... accelerators, other VC firms, impact angels and other founders, Richardson said. "We're not trading off financial return for social impact," Richardson said. "We're actually looking for business that can generate 10x our investment as they scale, and ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA committed an additional $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... formation of the market globally," White said. "In 2014, we agreed to make a global commitment to invest $100 million in social impact bonds, globally." Since that time, the desire to commit more to impact investing has expanded, leading up to the creation ...