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U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Ethical funds manager U Ethical has hired two women to its investments team. Desiree Lucchese has taken on the role of ethics and impact manager while Rachel O'Connor is the new portfolio manager for fixed income and cash products. "We're delighted ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Women hold 31.3% of ASX200 board positions, with only one ASX200 company not having a single woman on its board, according to the latest data from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair ...

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... business idea or a small business, who need working capital and capacity building," Mooney said. "The core target group is women in particular, with a focus on Aboriginal women, migrant owners that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 and the casualisation ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... for us. We know what the KPI is, we can say that if this is the KPI, and we're measuring against the impact for low income women, we know exactly where that is." Because the impact portfolio focuses on growth equity and seeks out companies with lower ...

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... research from KPMG. Sarah Cain, partner, KPMG As of the end of April 2020, 30.7% of ASX200 board positions were held by women, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), with 28.4% for the ASX300. However, only 22% of ASX201-300 ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... The projects deliver community benefits in the form of employment opportunities for the local population, especially for women in enterprise. They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing innovations into ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... co-founders, Radiant ESG Heidi Ridley and Kathryn McDonald have launched Radiant ESG, which is intended to create a "diverse, women-led, investment platform specialising in ESG-anchored portfolios and research for institutional investors and wealth managers," ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... followed by housing and homelessness (10%) education (8%), health (7%) and gender equality or economic opportunities for women (6%). The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are awakening new interest in impact investing, Pitt noted. "Since the COVID-19 ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... left to deal with the illness themselves." There are also increased risks of domestic and gender based violence faced by women who work in factories, Sutcliffe added. CARE International works with 51 factories in Cambodia, with around 95,000 workers ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong based investment management firm, Oasis Capital. In 2018 she received the Asia Industry Leadership Award from 100 Women in Finance and in 2013 was named one of Australia's top 10 Women of Influence in Corporate Governance. Bennett is a member ...