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Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) has been selected as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Australian global partner. SBA will work with WBCSD as part of its global network to "collaborate on business solutions to complex ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
There are still more than three million Australian adults that are fully or severely excluded from financial products, lending weight to the argument for greater investment in microfinance in Australia, according to Good Shepherd Microfinance. Good ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... those discussions." The role play was scripted, and featured Cate Wood, chair of Care Super, outgoing president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Frank Pegan, CEO of Catholic Super, chair of IGCC, Gary Weaven, chair of Industry ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia enters the international gas market. While the Renewable Energy Target remains a critical policy to support Australian projects, the good news is that renewable energy is coming down in cost. The Renewable Energy Target will help to protect ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... capital has to go offshore to suitable markets until it does." In this milieu of policy uncertainty, it means that Australian institutional investors such as members of the IGCC have an increased need for better information on which to base their decisions. ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... electricity cost saving of 66 per cent and a reduction in annual maintenance cost of up to $75,000 per annum, CEFC said. The Australian government in July 2013 granted the project around AU$877,000 through the Community Energy Efficiency Program, and ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
( Ed. note: substantially updated with comment from Martin Doyle, executive chairman, Iman Operations) Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous cleaning company based in Queensland that ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The World Bank has issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. Mark Goddard, executive director, head of debt securities, Westpac Institutional Bank ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... social or environmental outcomes in addition to economic return, according to Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian Charitable Trusts and Foundations. The report into the charitable trusts and foundations sector is the second report done by ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... us a clear message that they don't support this industry and if they're representative of the views of the broader Australian community, then the trustees may have a reasonable basis for making a divestment decision," El Hassan said. "However, it's important ...