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CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... government reserves and Indigenous protected area programmes provide funding streams for the management of areas that are of high biodiversity value." This relationship, where Indigenous groups enter agreements to receive support and funding from governments ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... study of organisational CSR capabilities and performance. This year, 990 organisations participated in the survey, a record high for ACCSR. "Despite the fact that we've got high awareness now of CSR, and there people with jobs in CSR - I'm using that ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Tax and transparency reforms should be a priority for Australia in its presidency of the G20 because there is a strong link between base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) and the G20's objective to promote development, according to Oxfam Australia and ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... UCA Funds Management CEO. "[The increase in granting] is basically a reflection of funds management operation - we have a high level of operating leverage so that when markets are strong, income are up and costs aren't going up.We had rising income ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... 50% of the funding came from private investors in Australia and Europe. "Vast Solar set out in 2009 to develop a low-cost, high performance CST system that could compete commercially. We believe we've done that, and this pilot project will demonstrate ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... out of -- they're illiquid. You can't neglect the ESG area when it comes to that." CommIF is in an unlisted portfolio of high quality, PPP-style social infrastructure assets in Australia and New Zealand, AMP Capital said. The assets are characterised ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... sector, there's no change. Most of the exclusions are small companies in which we're not interested because they don't have high dividends and/or they aren't well established." AGL Energy, Origin Energy, Santos and Wesfarmers will remain investible despite ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
There are still more than three million Australian adults that are fully or severely excluded from financial products, lending weight to the argument for greater investment in microfinance in Australia, according to Good Shepherd Microfinance. Good ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Overall, we see an increasingly sophisticated global impact investing market, supported by growing investment track records and high-level collaboration among governments and major investment institutions." The survey found that microfinance and other ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
(ed. note: Substantially updates throughout with comment from Lois Guthrie) The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has launched a discussion paper aimed at developing means for companies to assess and disclose carbon asset stranding risks (CASR). ...