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Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... frequently from NFPs who are looking for a donation to put seed capital into an enterprise," said Trevor Thomas, managing director, Ethinvest. "The philanthropic sector is bearing some of the cost.... It's a difficult one for philanthropies because you're ...

CleanTek Market platform to connect companies, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... providers, investors and advisors, has launched in beta. Neil Salisbury, founder, CleanTek Market Founded by Neil Salisbury, a director at Net Balance, CleanTek Market aims to overcome market barriers within the global clean technology sectors - access ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia ( ASrIA ) has appointed Simon Copley and David Li to its board of directors. Copley is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and has worked for PwC since 1985. He leads PwC's ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has hired Jenna Palumbo as director for Western Australia. Palumbo comes to SVA from Big Society Capital in London, where she was investment director. She has experience in finance and management and has worked with "a ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... by Gillian McFee, a strategic advisor with NRMA, a senior associate at management consultancy Nous Group, and managing director of, Gillian McFee and Associates. The task force's secretariat will be led by Les Hems, a director at Net Balance and Dhakshy ...

COzero names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Ainsworth has been non-executive chairman of COzero since May 2012. Nick Armstrong, the previous CEO, is now an executive director after seven years as CEO. His new role will involve investor relations, corporate advisory and M&A, COzero said. "COzero ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the social value metrics of community investment programs, according to expert practitioners. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility These themes are interrelated and draw in other issues, including policy ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... financing businesses from within the community, including a category of securities known as community bonds. Les Hems, director of research and development, Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute A community bond is an interest-bearing security "intended ...

Pangolin Associates hires Sam Phua

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Sam on board Pangolin will become the go to carbon management specialist for airports," said Iain Smale, joint managing director. "Sam will also help us meet the increasing demand for a range of verification and assurance services that make up a significant ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the demographic of members that have currently enrolled are balanced across age groups, said David Pearce, executive director, operations, at Good Super. "It's a bit of a phenomenon that particularly in Baby Boomers, you actually are seeing a lot of ...