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Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun a program to educate members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... director. Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking executive director Community Sector Banking has extended its Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) contract with the federal government and received an additional AU$448,800 in pilot funding. ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... chain - "improving resource efficiency and reducing cost of operations and its impacts"; and enabling local cluster development - "activating the supply chain to enable growth and productivity". Net Balance advises clients on CSV, and decided to test ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has extended its Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) contract with the federal government and received an additional AU$448,800 in pilot funding. Community Sector Banking is a specialist banking provider for the ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Kate Greenhill FCA to the board as a non-executive director. Greenhill has more than 18 years' experience in assurance and advisory services in the financial services industry. She is a former partner with ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... number of different metrics that could be used to measure social indicators, and ended up selecting the UN's Human Development Index data, which is a comparative measure of education as an average length of schooling and he expected length of schooling ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Fund, TIAA-CREF, and the Washington State Investment Board. IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is a global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. In the 2012 fiscal year, it had more than US$20 billion in investments. ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... respondents - related to community investment, volunteering and philanthropy. The second highest response, at 22%, was the development of a flagship sustainability initiative or an ongoing major strategy, while the setting of targets sand commitments ...

IIRC, IASB agree to more cooperation on reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have signed an agreement that will see the two cooperate more deeply in the development of the integrated corporate reporting framework. IASB Board Chairman Hans Hoogervorst, and IIRC Chief Executive ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... costs, specifically due to energy pricing and the impact of a high Australian dollar, said Andrew Newby, Wiley business development director. "But through process, air conditioning, and refrigeration upgrades and biogas capture projects, businesses can ...