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Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... intertwined. Both examples existed in what Addarii identified as a "closed world", where investment in social services like education or health were retained within the community as workers did not migrate. In the 21 st century, however, where labour ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... noted that in addition to creating products aimed at funding impact investments, the bank is also supporting ongoing education about impact investing, including granting money from the MLC Community Development Fund to Philanthropy Australia's education ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Whitaker said. "The rest of the organisation will continue to carry out the advocacy work, the services we deliver around education and training and maintain the regional offices around the world." GRI will create a new board for GRI standards work ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... equivalent of 2.5% of their pre-tax profit in programs to ameliorate social and environmental challenges including access to education, healthcare and disaster relief. But the report also found that the vast majority of these companies are not reporting ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... at AXA IM, told The Sustainability Report. "The fund of fund initiative will focus on sectors including healthcare, education and finance and will invest in solutions that will seek globally to increase people's access to those sectors," Christensen ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand, AMP Capital said. The assets are characterised as social infrastructure PPP assets within education, water, health, justice, defence, community housing, recreational facilities, transport and other sectors where income from ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The European Parliament has adopted a measure requiring large European companies to disclose environmental, social and governance information as part of their annual reporting. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies with ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the United Nations-affiliated Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), has said that she would like to see the organisation's governance review process "done and dusted" by the end of 2014. Fiona Reynolds, UN ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... government initiatives to encourage the development of investment in the social enterprise sphere. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) selected SVA, Foresters and SEFA to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... holds companies in areas including aged care, sustainable property, healthcare, renewable energy, medical technologies, education, and information technology. Ethical Investment Advisers developed the SMA to meet existing client demand as well as meet ...