Search Results

Showing 301 - 310 of 386 results for "education"

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 ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB, Westpac top "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Teachers Mutual Bank was recognised for its work in its five sustainability priority areas - business practices, the education sector, its members, its employees, and the environment, the bank said. Ethisphere Institute selects companies based on its ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The South Australian government will support a Good Shepherd Microfinance retail site in Adelaide to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... a 31% increase from 2012. NAB also reported that more than 15 Indigenous suppliers "engaged with NAB procurement via education sessions, direct engagement and Tier 1 supplier introductions," and that more than 40 NAB bankers were educated on native title ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of the time and cost fund managers must invest to find investible businesses. To further that aim, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) selected SVA, Foresters and SEFA to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and financial planners and advisers, professional training in responsible investment. "It meets the continual need for education in the finance sector," O'Connor said. "At the [Principles for Responsible Investment] PRI conference in Cape Town last year ...