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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... financially literate and confident in managing their finances. The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ( ) came on board with NAB and Good Shepherd Microfinance in 2010. Currently, StepUP Loans are available at ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional owners with ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... some good relationships with some of the smaller banks, and we are developing that. We have to further develop the Indigenous loan portfolio, and that means a fair bit of effort. We are also about evangelising what we're doing and showing people what ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... loan capital from philanthropic and private investment. Community Sector Banking has decided to focus its program on Indigenous groups that are financially excluded in the Kimberley region and southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales. "We decided ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 2008, 131 people with a self-disclosed disability had been employed, with a 74% retention rate. The bank also hired 79 Indigenous trainees in their retail network. Twenty-three were recruited to full time-positions and 25 were recruited via the Indigenous ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... seems to have been very slow to move on two areas that other firms have found very rewarding: employee engagement and indigenous employees. Woolworths is measuring engagement for the first time in 2012. It launched its first indigenous employee initiative ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... people in nearly 580 locations across the country. At the event, Federal Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin saluted Good Shepherd Microfinance and its partners for their work. "This gives power to people to ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... work - how do we then start working with people in a culturally appropriate context." See Also: Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... management skills to vocational students in year 11, year 12 and TAFE programs. CBA also reiterated its work with the indigenous communities and reported that it had met its 2009 reconciliation action plan goal of providing 350 career opportunities by ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... self-identified aboriginal employees rose from a total of 1,012 people in 2011 to 1,164 in 2012. There were increases in Indigenous employees at Coles, Bunnings and Office Supplies, but reductions at Target and Kmart. Wesfarmers did not disclose forward ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

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