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Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... managing director Australian Ethical donates 10% of its annual after-tax profits to charitable organisations and social impact initiatives that " do tangible good for the planet, people, and animals." Since 2000, Australian Ethical has donated almost ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... comes to Mercer from KPMG, where he spent three years working as a senior consultant in KPMG's human rights and social impact team, KPMG Banarra. At KPMG, Stamp worked with clients across FMCG, real estate, natural resources, financial services and government ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Editor's note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to run this comment piece from CAER. By Duncan Paterson Impact investment is taking off - but is there a risk that its benefits might be diluted as everyone tries to get on the bandwagon? Investors ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment Partners (8IP) has launched its first retail Australian equities fund geared towards capturing environmental/social impact in ASX-listed. Kerry Series, principal and chief investment officer, 8 Investment Partners 8IP seeded the 8IP Australian ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The Victorian government has launched the state's first social impact bond (SIB), aimed at reducing chronic homelessness. Minster for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley The Andrews Labor government has this week launched the J2SI SIB, which ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... at SVA. "We are very much looking forward to that. We have, I think, a really interesting pipeline. We have three social impact bonds that we intend to invest in, and we have a number of really interesting opportunities in areas like classic social enterprises ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... basically draws a huge amount more money in, whereas the number of investors who are willing to give up return for social impact is a smaller band." Engaging with corporate bond issuers on ESG metrics can enhance positive corporate behaviour, Tang noted. ...

Australian Executor Trustees launches strategic partnership, talks impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... of obligations that fiduciaries need to fulfil. We recently participated in our first real impact investment - a social impact bond, and it was a two-year gestation period to get ourselves impact investment ready. We had to build our understanding of ...

Social Ventures Australia launches Diversified Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... network, and we think it's a proposition that can help underlying orgs to achieve the goals." The fund will replace the Social Impact Fund, which is being wound down. The Social Impact Fund was seeded through the Department of Education, Employment and ...

HESTA makes $19m impact investment in aged care facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... executive director, Impact Investing, Social Ventures Australia The allocation was made via HESTA's $30 million Social Impact Investment Trust, which is managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). The allocation is in the form of debt finance, said Mark ...