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LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... government and major donors." Since 2010, LUCRF has made 19 grants to 17 community groups in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, to groups including Doxa Youth Foundation's after school program in Bendigo, Victoria and the Upper Yarra Community ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... approximately 7.5 million tonnes of coal per year and delivers power to eastern Australia, from South Australia to Northern Queensland. The algae in the Algae.Tec facility will feed on "waste" carbon dioxide emitted by the power station and the resulting ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of new programs in the last six months, and one those is around ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Additional government funding will allow Community Sector Banking to extend loans to hundreds more people in Queensland and northern New South Wales, according to Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking's executive director. Peter Quarmby, Community ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... in microfinance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in urban and remote areas in the Kimberley and South East Queensland. "With more than 2.6 million Australians classified as fully or severely financially excluded, there is a compelling argument ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... equities, there are exposures offshore. We have a global resources team who have selected to avoid coal seam gas in Queensland at the moment because they thought the risk is too great, there's too much uncertainty, where other teams are taking a more ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland, the MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to aid the industry in reporting use of water resources in a consistent ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... framework, including Landcom, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Queensland Urban Utilities, Mainroads Western Australia, Melbourne City Council, and the ABC. GRI Focal Point Australia is advocating ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... do we do that? We do that through our case studies, we do that in the way that Triodos has." See Also: SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund has invested AU$1.5m in Brisbane Metals, Queensland-based solar technology company. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson Brisbane Metals will use the AU$1.5m and a further AU$2.5m investment from USA-based New Ventures ...