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Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... ameliorating financial exclusion. It is also being quietly discussed that not only are these activities part of the bank's social charter, but they can also be a source of long-term value generation as well. Banks have undertaken a number of pathways ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... according to a report by Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, a sustainable research analyst at AMP Capital. But additionally, there are also social and governance issues that are impacting the sector, particularly the increased focus on ethics and governance shortcomings ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Investment manager Perpetual will continue to roll out its dashboard report approach to embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment decisions, including further reports on its universe of equities and preparing ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... bond return rate, plus "recognition of broader economic benefits of positive externalities" Paradice said, such as the social and economic value of renewable energy technology development and implementation. The CEFC's role will be to provide funding ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and full financial inclusion. Research shows that there is a strong positive relationship between financial inclusion and social inclusion, whereby people feel more included, valued and connected to their community and are therefore more likely to be ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... be used as a responsible investment overlay for ASX300 equities, with a set of 12 ESG factors - four environmental, four social, four governance - which can be incorporated into portfolio measurement and monitoring. The partnership combines GBST's quantitative ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... two fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to ...

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Saleem Ali has been appointed director to the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), which is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland. Ali will join the University of Queensland as CSRM's new leader ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental considerations and risk minimisation, but is rather the search for shareholder value while generating positive social, environmental and economic impacts. As an example, Sharma cites Kodak, which failed to see the disruptive opportunity ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... landfill through a use of shredding, comingled recycling and composting of organic material. The firm also includes corporate social responsibility as a category in performance reviews, the firm's competency framework and firm strategy. At Sydney-based ...