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Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have created an AU$10 million social benefit bond (SBB) funding the new Family Preservation Service. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, head of social innovation at Westpac The ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... for community services, which we hope to expand in the future." Last year, the New South Wales government announced that Westpac Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society will develop an AU$10m social benefit bond - to fund a program ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... questions about our commitments, our policies, our objectives, our goals and our results. On this trip, I spent time with Westpac [a client]. They have a very detailed requirement set of questions that they ask and it isn't a 'nice to have'. It's a requirement ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... performance as well." Financial services and real estate companies feature in the top 10 holdings of both model portfolios - Westpac, Telstra, CSL, AMP, Suncorp, Brambles Industries, Insurance Australia Group, Stockland, Resmed and GPT Group are the ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... coordinated way," Knowles said. "One of the things that we've done as a direct result of this realisation is that JBWere and Westpac Group have formed a group for professionals within the financial services industry to come together, people who have ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... including ANZ, Patagonia, Interface, Rio Tinto, Marks & Spencer, Stockland, National Australia Bank, Unilever, Nike and Westpac were all identified. According to the survey, 24% of respondents said these companies could be considered leaders because ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... RobecoSAM and KPMG said. Australia overall ranked in the top 10 countries for gold awards, coming in at number seven. Westpac, Woolworths and Stockland were awarded silver, and Qantas, NAB, Amcor, AGL, Transurban Group, BHP, Santos and Woodside were ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Rothschild, Steve Tucker, chief executive officer, MLC, David Bell, general manager, corporate affairs and sustainability, Westpac Group, Simon Longstaff executive director, St James Ethics Centre, and Clare Payne, consulting fellow, St James Ethics ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... based on full transparency on anti-corruption programs, with 0% meaning no transparency and 100% on full transparency. Westpac Bank had the highest score within the financial services sector, with 96% transparency on anti-corruption programmes and an ...