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Citywide make two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit sectors. He has worked around the world, including more than 20 years with Shell. He is a director of the Melbourne Forum, deputy chairman of Renew Australia, member of the Advisory Board of 8over8 Ltd, president of Lorne Sculpture Biennale ...

Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The allocation came as part of the Victorian state budget, presented this week in Melbourne. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Trust Asset Management Mamadou Abou Sarr, global head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, was in Melbourne this week. Northern Trust has formally established an asset management sales and client servicing team in Australia, and is ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... look to leverage the existing relationships in the Australia/NZ market with this new office, which will operate out of Melbourne. Bert Rebelo, who is moving from Hong Kong to Melbourne, is the new head of business development for Northern Trust Asset ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne, the City of Sydney and 15 other international cities have launched the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The alliance is a collaboration committed to reducing greenhouse ...

Mirvac integrates sustainability in "place-making" thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... focus groups with an independent researcher with retail, commercial/office and residential sector groups in Sydney and Melbourne, and we did a review of megatrends that would affect our work here in Australia." The internal and external stakeholder conversations ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia," Proske said. NAB has held information sessions on impact investment and the grants program in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney over the past month, and more than 400 people government, the not-for-profit sector and social enterprises ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... recent Global Divestment Day campaign, which took place during 13 - 14 February. Future Super also promoted itself at Melbourne Sustainable Living Festival, Verwey said. "This is something we'll continue to do - find the events where we can have the ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Services Board, National Gallery of Victoria, Royal Children's Hospital, Royal Women's Hospital and the University of Melbourne. ESSSuper has also included a statement on tobacco as part of its sustainability policy. "ESSSuper recognises that tobacco ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... that often prevent environmental upgrades from being carried out. It was modeled on existing legislation in the City of Melbourne and in New South Wales. It is part of an AU$1.9 million election commitment to drive investment in sustainable commercial ...