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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance is equal to $2.68 for every dollar invested, according to a report by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Of the 500 StepUP loan recipients that were surveyed by CSI, 73.6% of respondents ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... community management, environmental management, marketplace management, workplace management, environmental impact and social impact. This year, over 100 companies participated. Net Balance Foundation manages the CR Index in Australia and New Zealand ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... companies recognising the need to look outside their own operations to view the full economic, environmental and social impact of their activities. "The growing trend of companies outsourcing parts of their production or services opens them up to new ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... institutions in Australia and internationally. Hems comes to Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute from the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), where he was director of research. He has spent the past 20 years "undertaking a range of major initiatives that ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... - Foresters Community Finance Funds, Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) and Social Ventures Australia - Social Impact Fund. The AU$614m Christian Super superannuation fund has made several investments in the impact investment sphere - they have ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... You do the same things. In reviewing a social enterprise, I think it's important to verify if they still have a social impact and, as you do with financial goals or budgets at the start of the enterprise, you check the projections with the realisation ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... opportunities to access new services from Net Balance's expertise, such as carbon accounting and environmental metrics, social impact measurement, stakeholder engagement, economics and policy analysis. "It will roughly stay as it is," Neil said. "There ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The historically high price of oil is fuelling the economics of unconventional petroleum projects, but investors must factor in greater risk from environmental liabilities such as marine hydrocarbon spills and ongoing operational costs when assessing ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities and matches private investment. See Also: Social Impact Financing - Unlocking New Money [external site]