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NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... to arise in future." Newpin has a solid, evidence-based track record of delivering family restorations through parent education and intensive family support, said Ian Learmonth, executive director social finance at SVA. "Support from investors such as ...

Reconciliation Australia receives $14.4m in budget funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... partners." Armstrong said the funding will allow Reconciliation Australia also pursue renewed engagement with schools and the education sector to support the new national curriculum and its cross-curriculum priority on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... high environmental standards at a "reasonable" price. SEFA is one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Council has called its first public report a conversation-starter about macro-themes including inequality, education, climate change, sustainable growth through innovation and other factors impacting on Australia's future. The Sustainable ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... actions are tempered by legal considerations to what superannuation can and cannot do. Hilary Spear, head of investor education, AustralianSuper The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has been joined by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... financial services sector to set up a financial services forum to address this. Earlier this month, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and JBWere released a report entitled IMPACT - Australia: Investment for social ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Large European companies will be required to disclose environmental, social and governance information as part of their annual reporting under a proposal adopted by the European Commission. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... side," Rickards said. "He brings both sides together." SEFA is one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... manager at PA, who is responsible for the impact investing program. "We are supporting philanthropists in this area with education and inspiration and letting them know what impact investment is, how philanthropists can be involved from a legal/tax view ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible for the management of several other government funds known as the Nation-building Funds - the AU$4.07 billion Education Investment Fund, the AU$5.26 billion Building Australia Fund and the AU$3.24 billion Health and Hospitals Fund. The Nation-building ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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