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Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... engender positive social and environmental change. As asset owners start reviewing impact investments for portfolio inclusion, service providers are rightly moving to fill a gap in the market with appropriate products. In this environment, however, there ...

Diversity Council Australia Inclusion@Work Index shows value of, need for inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... people support inclusive workplaces, men are less supportive than women of initiatives designed to improve diversity and inclusion in workplaces. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA has published the Inclusion@Work Inde x, which found that ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Financial inclusion isn't just a worthy social goal for banks - it also represents potential revenue that EY estimates could be as high as US$88 billion by 2020 in the Asia Pacific region. Jan Bellens, EY global emerging markets leader EY has published ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... government has this week launched the J2SI SIB, which will fund the expansion of Sacred Heart Mission's Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program. The J2SI program supports participants in maintaining long-term, stable accommodation and reduce their ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... publicly listed companies involved in the recreational cannabis industry are small in size, but further growth and the inclusion of the companies in market indices is anticipated," NZ Super. "We will continue to monitor the sector." NZ Super also excludes ...

Employees in more inclusive workplaces report higher job satisfaction: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... didn't belong to a minority or diversity group - men from Anglo-Celtic background and older men - are less supportive of inclusion programs, Annese said. Annese also added that the index found that more than one in five Australian workers experienced ...

Allens sets target to achieve 35% female partners by 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... socio-economic background, family background, educational experience and culture," Warren said. "We also have a diversity and inclusion council," she said. "Across our talent review process, we look at people's performance and we include members of that ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Corinne Proske, General Manager Digital and Retail at Good Shepherd Microfinance, Elliot Anderson, Head of Financial Inclusion at NAB Good Money stores offer the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS), administered by Good Shepherd Microfinance, StepUP low-interest ...

The Sustainability Report Podcast: Yolanda Beattie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... blame parental and care responsibilities for the lack of diversity. We're talking to Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader at Mercer and report author, on what the investment management industry can do to address this problem, and ...

International Finance Corporation launches NZ dollar-denominated green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... greenhouse emissions, IFC said. The proceeds from IFC green bonds are allocated within IFC in a separate account and the inclusion criteria for eligible investments are independently verified by the Center for International Climate and Environmental ...