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Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... loan capital from philanthropic and private investment. Community Sector Banking has decided to focus its program on Indigenous groups that are financially excluded in the Kimberley region and southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales. "We decided ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 2008, 131 people with a self-disclosed disability had been employed, with a 74% retention rate. The bank also hired 79 Indigenous trainees in their retail network. Twenty-three were recruited to full time-positions and 25 were recruited via the Indigenous ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... seems to have been very slow to move on two areas that other firms have found very rewarding: employee engagement and indigenous employees. Woolworths is measuring engagement for the first time in 2012. It launched its first indigenous employee initiative ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... people in nearly 580 locations across the country. At the event, Federal Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin saluted Good Shepherd Microfinance and its partners for their work. "This gives power to people to ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... work - how do we then start working with people in a culturally appropriate context." See Also: Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... management skills to vocational students in year 11, year 12 and TAFE programs. CBA also reiterated its work with the indigenous communities and reported that it had met its 2009 reconciliation action plan goal of providing 350 career opportunities by ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... self-identified aboriginal employees rose from a total of 1,012 people in 2011 to 1,164 in 2012. There were increases in Indigenous employees at Coles, Bunnings and Office Supplies, but reductions at Target and Kmart. Wesfarmers did not disclose forward ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 City Council, and the ABC. GRI Focal ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... issues. In the 2012 financial year, the company "achieve[d] the specified annual level of procurement from Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council (AIMSC) certified suppliers, actively engaged with AIMSC and its key initiatives, including a pilot ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... corruption, unconventional fuels, which the PRI identifies as oil sands, fracking and deepwater drilling, local communities/indigenous population, board-related issues such as diversity, biodiversity and ecosystem services, labour standards of direct ...