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Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Current ventures supported by SVA with operations in WA include the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), Beacon Foundation, CareerTrackers and The Song Room.

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... flexible work arrangement, up from 18% in 2010, while employees spent 423 weeks' worth of time sharing skills with Indigenous organisations through Jawun Indigenous Corporate Partnerships secondments, bringing total time to around 76 work years since ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking water and youth unemployment ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... within Hitachi is Hitachi Construction Machinery, and they were concerned about the whole mining industry and going into indigenous communities and having a negative impact and that kind of thing. Our directive and our goal in the supply and construction ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the Martu people, including rights relating to work, self-determination, development and culture, and the right of Indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with, and conserve and protect, their traditionally-owned ...

Reconciliation Australia receives $14.4m in budget funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Reconciliation Australia works with companies on reconciliation action plans (RAP), in which companies set goals and targets for indigenous employment, hiring and greater cultural awareness. "Tens of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Unsustainable palm oil production is also responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions, and in some cases has displaced indigenous communities that rely on forests for food and shelter." Given the fact that palm oil production is expected to ...

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 ...