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UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... explained that private capital can come from institutional investors such as superannuation funds, wealth managers, and philanthropy, all of whom need investable projects. However, she noted that the creation of these investable projects hinges on factors ...

Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... federal government, and with corporations that have assets in the community. It also works with non-profits - using philanthropy to support councils on the innovation that's required. For example, the Enhancing Community Resilience project was supported ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... are the first cohort from the Community Led Climate Solutions program, funded by Cannon-Brookes' $1.5 billion philanthropy Boundless Earth and charity Hand Heart Pocket. Regenerative farming for soil health and emissions reductions in Macleay NSW ...

Australian Ethical grants $500k to climate solutions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... recipients," Australian Ethical chief customer officer Maria Loyez commented. "Of course ethical investing isn't philanthropy, but our investors and members can be assured that as their nest egg grows, the Australian Ethical Foundation will be supporting ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... innovations like Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs). Over 850 businesses and philanthropic in the Business and Philanthropy Forum, with US$5 billion in new funding to emerging economies. Nearly US$470 million total was mobilised toward urban ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), the grant program is funded by Cannon-Brookes' $1.5 billion philanthropy Boundless Earth and charity Hand Heart Pocket. It will fund remote, rural and regional non-profit organisations to help them ...

Podcast: Preserving wilderness - Fiachra Kearney

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... ecosystems in conjunction with the land's Traditional Owners and broader community members, supported by a blend of philanthropy and private investment.

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Commissioner for Refugees after three and a half years to join the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as Asia philanthropy lead. Moey will be responsible for developing philanthropic support from corporations, foundations, and family offices. The ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... speakers Nicky Landsbergen, partner with EY's climate change and sustainability services team, Ethinvest director of philanthropy Blair Palese, South Pole climate action head Thomas Schroeder, and Minderoo Foundation sustainable ocean finance lead ...