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Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... requires companies to have strong processes for stakeholder engagement, particularly with local residents and local indigenous communities, who possess relevant knowledge that can aid in remediation. "There is a mitigation hierarchy that needs to be ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... MoneyBusiness was brought to 167 communities in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, and more than 3,000 Indigenous people have participated. The review said the program's flexibility is a source of strength in allowing it to be ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... (SEFA) has made its first loan to a Queensland social enterprise that will provide accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous people from Cape York who travel to Cairns for health services. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 to Three Sistas, a social enterprise ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Future legislative package, in particular the Carbon Farming Initiative, is the product of increased engagement with Indigenous communities, according to Emily Gerrard, a senior associate at law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. Indigenous communities and ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... in which companies can use stakeholder engagement and dialogue to innovate by looking at how corporates engage with Indigenous communities. Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy's Program on Indigenous ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Leeora Black, managing director of ACCSR, noted that delegates have also expressed interest in corporate approaches to indigenous relations and other presentations. "We've had some good spontaneous reactions of interest on the session on corporate approaches ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... analysts necessarily think about. The work will be to translate social issues into the 'so-what'. If you talk about Indigenous community engagement and how it impacts on delays or inability to get permits for mining sites, that's a so-what. Privacy is ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate behaviour, as well as our investment philosophy." Newnham has also worked on homeless shelter support schemes, indigenous fellowship programs, environmental and drought relief projects and mental health awareness initiatives, Australian Ethical ...

Rio Tinto, government partner for Pilbara governance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has announced a partnership between the Australian government and Rio Tinto Iron Ore to help ensure a landmark native title agreement in the Pilbara delivers sustainable benefits for Indigenous people. The partnership ...