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NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... families. The bond will fund the maintenance of existing centres, and the planned expansion of six more centres in New South Wales. The allocation to the Newpin SBB is aligned with NGS Super's community-based values, said Anthony Rodwell-Ball, NGS Super ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... backing from organizations including Epuron, Condall, Net Balance, Norton Rose Fulbright and the University of New South Wales Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering, "We got a great grant from USAID that ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... 2009, partially attributed to new, cumbersome regulations for wind farms at the state level. Ernst & Young cited New South Wales' policies and the Victorian planning policy that puts a 2 km distance between wind turbines and residences. RECAI had the ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... feel it is the right decision to move away from investing in this industry." STC is the trustee board for four New South Wales closed public superannuation funds with AU$36 billion in assets under management - State Authorities Superannuation Scheme ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... allocated AU$10m to SEFA, and SEFA brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia where social impact is being taken into consideration, including the issuance of social benefit bonds in New South Wales. "With the social benefit bond trials, there are some very stringent and transparent easy-to-measure measurements," Knowles ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... allocated AU$10m to SEFA, and SEFA brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... funding will allow Community Sector Banking to extend loans to hundreds more people in Queensland and northern New South Wales, according to Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking's executive director. Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking executive ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... first council street lighting project that LCAL has financed - LCAL recently financed Richmond Valley Council in New South Wales for a project that helped that council reduce its street lighting energy costs by about one third. Warrnambool City Council ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... impact investing and social finance, including assessing the feasibility of implementing social impact bonds in New South Wales and what actions would be necessary to create a capital market for social investment in Australia. Whilst at CSI, Les Hems ...