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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... StepUP loan clients feel more 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 ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... more time in retirement and they will also be facing the changing fundamentals in the Australian economy - the changing housing market, volatile stock markets, and things that will impact on more entrenched beliefs about wealth creation. We think that's ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... local air quality by removing odorous biogas. Last year, Wiley was also awarded the Master Builders Association Brisbane Housing and Construction Award for Excellence in Sustainable Building for the redesign and refurbishment of the Brisbane Markets ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... employment; and enabling supports that help Aboriginal women and girls to access resources such as transport, child care, housing and financial support as part of family, work, study and community obligations. The report notes the need for financial ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... agencies are already reporting on sustainability using the GRI framework, including Landcom, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Queensland Urban Utilities, Mainroads Western Australia, Melbourne ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Spain and Germany, across investments in sustainable sectors, including renewable energy, public housing and social enterprises, a deliberate strategy to maintain a deliberate portfolio. Triodos Bank is also a retail banker ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... business acumen, but this was about using the bond structuring. Also, Westpac has been working for some time around social housing and looking at bond structures and financing structures. It was a short leap to the social impact bond." Westpac has generated ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... derivatives, which did not impact distributions, and the inclusion in 2010 of a substantial uplift in the value of the US Seniors Housing portfolio." GPT is a diversified property group, which owns real estate in the retail, office and industrial/business ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... strategy. The bank will also continue its work in partnership with Mission Australia to "examine feasibility of a 'social housing fund' for Australia" and will consider environmental social and governance issues incorporated into risk management policies ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... energy, carbon pricing, waste and water management, engagement with employees, tenants and customers and stakeholders, housing affordability and supply chain management ranked among the issues with the highest current or potential impact on Mirvac's ...