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Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to Philanthropy Australia's education program on impact investing. "Another example is the work that we've done in Indigenous finance and development," Benson said. "We have been recognised for our work - our reconciliation action plan (RAP) is the first ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified traditional savanna burning, for example. ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Pole Carbon has savannah burning projects in Africa, for example," he said. "I bring very long experience working with Indigenous people to the process as well - I've been working with traditional owners for nearly 40 years now."

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... engagement in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, University of Melbourne said. His research will also "focus on Indigenous and environmental collaborations for sustainability in Northern Australia," the university said. "Climate change is the great ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... chairman, Iman Operations) Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous cleaning company based in Queensland that will enable the company to deliver on a large commercial cleaning contact. ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the economy. That has been demonstrated in previous inquiries, because it covers everything from social housing, to indigenous business, and so on." In their submission, SVA recommended establishing a social investment bank and pointed to the UK's Big ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has increased the number of Indigenous trainees offered jobs by 74%, has increased the overall number of Indigenous employees by 13% and reports that their Indigenous Money Mentor program has created $4.20 in social value per ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Current ventures supported by SVA with operations in WA include the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), Beacon Foundation, CareerTrackers and The Song Room.

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... flexible work arrangement, up from 18% in 2010, while employees spent 423 weeks' worth of time sharing skills with Indigenous organisations through Jawun Indigenous Corporate Partnerships secondments, bringing total time to around 76 work years since ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking water and youth unemployment ...