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Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... hospital may not be the same as another day in hospital." Fifty investors have participated in the Resolve SBB, ranging from high net worth individuals and foundations, through to institutional investors such as NGS Super and Grosvenor Pirie Super. 'NGS ...

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Carnegie Clean Energy has been selected to participate in a program backed by the U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group to focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group have partnered ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Association of Australia as a socially responsible investment option, VicSuper said. "The asset allocation went from a high growth option to a balanced option, and essentially the reason we did that was based on member feedback as well," Simpson ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... companies certify as B Corporations," according to Community Sector Banking. "It's a testament to the whole team for the high standards of transparency, accountability and social and environmental performance that they've maintained while running a successful ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, Victorian government to spread word on EUAs to SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... commercial and industrial, but the economics weren't quite making sense, primarily because the cost of solar was relatively high and the energy prices were relatively subdued," he said. "A lot of things have changed in the last two years; we've seen ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... availability of useful, practical information on efficiency measures will accelerate the market transformation needed to deliver high performance, low carbon buildings," said Tony Arnel, global director of Sustainability at NDY. "It's also important ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The forestry sector has investment role to play in both removing and storing carbon from the atmosphere, as well as its contribution to a rising bio-economy, according to New Forests. David Brand, New Forests CEO New Forests, which has more than 400,000 ...

Artisan raises $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... early stage venture capital partnership (ESVCLP) providing investors with tax-free returns. The fund will target scalable, high growth potential startups "fueling innovation and creating opportunities in the development of clean technology across sectors ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
A majority of Australian respondents to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s annual survey said they support mandatory sustainability reporting for all organisations of a certain size. Leeora Black, managing director ...

Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Katherine Christ of the University of South Australia and Roger Burritt of the Australian National University Dr Katherine Christ and Professor Roger Burritt Revealing the world ...