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SVA Commonwealth Bank partner on education toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... operating officer at SVA. "We're working with an expert reference group at the moment, and partnering with the state education systems," Metcalf said. "The resources are available now, and we are working to develop more evidence for the Australian education ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... release its 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which analyses the gender balance on boards across sectors including education, listed companies, not-for-profits, sporting boards and other entities. According to the BDI, the superannuation sector ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... society at 13% and product responsibility at 11$%. The most frequently reported issue was community, with training and education and product and service labeling also mentioned. For their part, RobecoSAM identified 13 financially material sustainability ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... and Conservation (DEC) and the Victorian government, and it "aims to promote consistent, standardised disclosure and education about responsible investment," according to the RIAA website. Currently, 39 funds managed by 14 managers, 15 superannuation ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... from university have taken permanent roles within the banking group. "We have had interns from a range of degrees and education areas, and they can step into a wide range of roles in the bank," Toohill said. "It could be an IT tech role, a legal role ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a guidance document that sets out the links between the GRI G4 guidelines and a new European Union directive that mandates companies to report on non-financial sustainability issues. Under legislation ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... fund medium to long-term development programs, as well as shorter term bursaries. Given the current standoff in higher education funding, the management of climate change risk is critical to ensuring the fiscal health of Australia's universities through ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... social infrastructure of Australia?" Part of the process of having this dialogue with superannuation funds will entail education, he added. "Firstly, we need to educate members on what is patient capital. What is the difference between short term returns ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing through building infrastructure and support of activities, education and research to accelerate the development of the impact investing industry. See Also: Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... funds has been allocated to the strategy in 2014. The fund of fund approach focuses on sectors including healthcare, education and finance, Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment at AXA IM, previously said. "While the impact investing ...