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Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Global microfinance group Grameen Australia has hired microfinance veteran Adam Mooney as its CEO. Adam Mooney, CEO, Grameen Australia Grameen Australia is part of the global Grameen network, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. In ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Hall Prime Industrial Fund (CPIF). Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The $5.5 billion CPIF is one of Australia's largest industrial and logistics funds, with 75 assets across Australia, including warehouses, industrial estates and ...

ARENA allocates $2.17m to Alice Springs grid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Alice Springs Future Grid is led by the Intyalheme Centre for Future Energy, a flagship project of Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA), supported by the Northern Territory Government. ARENA's funding is provided through the Desert Knowledge Research Institute. ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Melbourne Business School (MBS) has launched a new Centre for Sustainability and Business, with the intention of improving social and financial outcomes by helping leaders put environmental sustainability at the heart of their organisation. Professor ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Four out of the top five best performing personal balanced super fund investment options for the 2019-2020 financial year were ESG options, according to research from Rainmaker Information. While the overall Rainmaker MySuper investment performance ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... leaders regarding the risk and opportunity of consumer data, according to new research from the Governance Institute of Australia and CSIRO. Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO The report - Digital Trust - Corporate awareness and attitudes to consumer ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... forward-looking climate index of ASX-listed companies. Mike Watanabe, managing director, head of equity derivatives, Australia The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), First State Super and QBE Insurance have taken up the $140 issuance, with is linked ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Events in 2020, including the bushfire season, the COVID-19 pandemic and the "global conversation on inequality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement" have raised the issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Only one in five victims of modern slavery are identified in Australia, meaning that identifying instances and exposures of modern slavery will be a key project for Australian organisations that fall under the Modern Slavery Act's reporting obligations ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... including Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Investment Officer. Rider's career started with the Reserve Bank of Australia where he spent 10 years in various roles, including economist and head of economic activity and forecasting. Rider then joined ...