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Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... services by 2017 and has committed to make up to $2 billion available for lending and investment in social and affordable housing and services by 2017. Westpac was not the only Australian company to be listed in the Global 100 - ANZ came in at number ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... says it will aim to invest in solution to overcome "grand challenges" facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), which has provided $1 billion in incentives for investment into affordable rental housing, and the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, that will provide $200 million in venture capital for Australian renewable energy ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... employees. Barnard of Stockland highlighted how the company created its Liveability Index, a quantitative measure of what makes housing developments desirable, safe and healthy for residents. The index was developed post-global financial crisis as the ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... agreed term." The bank has also committed to making available up to AU$2 billion in lending to the social and affordable housing sector by 2017, and has lent AU$650 million of that sum so far. As part of that, the bank has also established credit underwriting ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... in quantifiable metrics, hiring Net Balance in 2011 to conduct a s ocial return on investment study into the community housing sector in Australia, a sector to which bankmecu has provided significant finance. The study put a value of $665 million over ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its second loan, to fund the purchase of housing units in a retirement home park in Tasmania. The loan is towards the construction and installation of four, two-bedroom prefabricated units for the ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... StepUP loan clients feel more financially literate and confident in managing their finances. The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ( ) came on board with NAB and Good Shepherd Microfinance in 2010. Currently ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... more time in retirement and they will also be facing the changing fundamentals in the Australian economy - the changing housing market, volatile stock markets, and things that will impact on more entrenched beliefs about wealth creation. We think that's ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... local air quality by removing odorous biogas. Last year, Wiley was also awarded the Master Builders Association Brisbane Housing and Construction Award for Excellence in Sustainable Building for the redesign and refurbishment of the Brisbane Markets ...