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Trailblazers, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch Financial Inclusion Action Plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations from across Australia, including the big four banks and superannuation fund HESTA, have launched their Financial Inclusion Action Plans (FIAPs), outlining steps to improve financial resilience for those experiencing financial exclusion. ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... outcome area is employment, training and participation (skills and job creation), followed by income and ï¬nancial inclusion. Impact Investing Australia also found that the impact measurements still need to be refined - metrics being used globally ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... of Support for the SDGs," Cope said. "Australian banks are global sustainability leaders - we see this through their inclusion in global sustainability indices, lists and awards. There's a real opportunity for Australia's banking and broader private ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... positive net impact on sustainable development linked to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Inclusion in the index based on Vigeo Eiris' Equitics methodology which maps the SDGs against the companies' products, services and behaviours. ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... payday lenders. This is part of a great new initiative of the Palaszczuk government. They're committing $25m to financial inclusion over the next four years. The $25m relates to a whole range of initiatives, and the first two Good Money stores are part ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Shepherd Microfinance, EY, Centre for Social Impact (CSI), and the Australian government has launched the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program. FIAPs are intended to commit organisations to coordinated, measurable actions to "improve financial ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Group and Stockland as industry group leaders in their review, while BHP Billiton was added to the sustainability index. Inclusion in the DJSI increases companies' visibility for global sustainability investment portfolios and provides companies with ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Yolanda Beattie as diversity and inclusion practice leader. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Beattie comes to Mercer from the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), where she ...

Six Australian companies get gold in RobecoSAM yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... 2015 and includes the best 15% per industry, assessing them as gold, silver or bronze medals. "We see competition for inclusion in the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook steadily growing every year, so I congratulate all the companies that made it into ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... project, RIRDC will work with states and territories to collect data on location, volumes and availalbi.lity of biomass for inclusion in the ARENA-supported Australian Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (AREMI) platform. AREMI contains ARENA project ...