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UN Global Compact Network Australia hires executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and has held several non-executive director positions, including at Montsalvat and as founder of 3000acres, a social enterprise which aims to unlock under-utilised land across Melbourne to grow food and build strong communities. Her mix of public and ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... university researcher and lecturer on sustainability measurement and social impact, and has led projects on social enterprise and impact investing for the Victorian government and the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. "We are incredibly ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... impact lens." U Ethical has $1.4 billion in funds under management as of 31 December 2021. It operates as a social enterprise, with its operating surplus granted each year as a community contribution. To date, U Ethical has granted more than $62 million ...

Sharp increase in food waste: Rabobank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... start-up pitch program that leads to the selection of 45 innovators. This year, one of the 45 was I Am Grounded, a social enterprise that produces a snack bar that upcycles coffee fruit, which is normally wasted in the harvest of the coffee bean. "Coffee ...

Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... charities and social enterprises. We make the investment decision, but hand over the management to charities and social enterprise." Conscious Investment Management focuses on social infrastructure like disability housing, deep impact, such as social ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested in Save the Children's Impact Investment Fund, as part of its dedicated Impact Investment program, Premiums4Good. QBE is the anchor investor in the fund, and the six million-dollar close will enable Save the ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) expects to increase the number of social enterprises it can finance as a result of participating in the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) has been selected as a lender as part of the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... storytelling around impact, and seeing it grow and prosper," said Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA (Social Enterprise Finance Australia). "We are very conscious that figures, numbers and percentages tell part of the story, while we have ...

Torrens University launches open course on social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... allows a university to dip its toe into the water of an emerging conversation, in this instance, we know that the social enterprise sector I growing rapidly, and we can take lessons from eight great change makers from around the world." One of the course ...