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ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... From an investor type point of view, it was diversified - we had 56% that went to asset managers, and around 21% to insurance companies, and then the rest was split between other accounts - 7% went to middle market, 6% went to banks, 3% went to councils ...

ACCSR tracks Australian/NZ progress towards CSR innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... organisations that report that CSR helps access new markets, something that participants in the telecommunications, finance and insurance industries reported, ACCSR said. In terms of priorities for the year ahead, respondents identified stakeholder engagement ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results ...

Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results ...

School for Social Entrepreneurs holds NDIS training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... program to educate social enterprises for the changes that will come with the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). NDIS is being implemented across Australia, and SSE's Accelerator program will incorporate the organisation's ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... to switch [a home loan] is someone who owns at least 20% of the value of their home, meaning they don't need mortgage insurance," Sheikh said. "This would typically be someone in their 30s or 40s who has paid off a chunk of their home loan but who still ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Climate Change, NRDC, CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation ( ICMIF ) and State Treasurer of California John Chiang.

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... define financial exclusion as not having access to a moderate amount of credit, a basic transaction account or general insurance products. In 2014 NAB found that 3.038 million Australian adults - 16.9% - face financial exclusion. Of that figure 179,790 ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... clients include Emergency Services and State Super (ESSSuper), the Transport Accident Commission, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, WorkSafe, Rental Tenancies Board Authority - part of the Department of Justice, La Trobe University, Metropolitan ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... strengthening reputational issues contributing to an overall corporate sustainability commitment." INCR will also engage with insurance companies to bring them on board with the initiative as investors, and Ceres and the Climate Bonds Initiative will ...