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IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other international climate change-related groups have launched an online platform that tracks global investors' actions on climate change. The Investor Platform for Climate Actions will track activities ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The federal government has allocated AU$33.3 million over the next five years to expand the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) and StepUP low interest loans offered by Good Shepherd Microfinance. Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance Good Shepherd ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is expanding its operations into Kolkata, its third city in India. Alexie Seller, national manager - business development and operations ...

Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government has committed AU$7.2 million over four years to Good Shepherd Microfinance's Good Money program. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The allocation came as part of the Victorian state budget, presented this week ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne, the City of Sydney and 15 other international cities have launched the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The alliance is a collaboration committed to reducing greenhouse ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank and National Australia Bank (NAB) are the two Australian companies to be listed in the Ethisphere Institute's Most Ethical Companies for 2015. The two banks joined Brazil's Banco do Brasil S.A. in the Banks: National category of ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... 46 were Australian. Overall, there are 44 financial service companies in the LBG benchmark, including ANZ, Axa, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse, ING and NAB as well as Teachers Mutual bank. According to the Australian/New Zealand benchmark report, contribution ...

CBRE commits to increasing green space in Australia, NZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
CBRE has committed to increasing green space by 20% over the next six years in its Australian and New Zealand corporate offices. Amanda Steele, head of sustainability, CBRE Pacific The initiative began last year, and CBRE will integrate potted plants ...

GRI launches Reporting 2025 initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched Reporting 2025, a series of interviews, videos and analysis papers to identify issues that are or should be on companies' agendas and public reports. Nelmara Arbex, GRI chief advisor on innovation in ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Politics is the process of governing an entity for the purpose of allocating resources. Superannuation funds are not partisan political participants in the way that elected politicians are, but funds' investment activities are impacted by politics ...