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IGCC CEO appointed to Greater Sydney Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... "Tech Central, Westmead and Macquarie Park are already seeing world-class universities, start-ups, tech leaders and the community creating innovation ecosystems. Meadowbank is well on the way to becoming an education and employment precinct." In appointing ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... responsibilities to go beyond shareholders to understand that they have responsibility to family, to the environment, to the community." Founders can bring stability, can align other shareholders with long-term value generation, and can also be champions ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... they should also be thinking about how changing societal expectations may impact their decisions around heritage and community engagement." The Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities is HESTA's latest announcement covering material social ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability," he said. "With financial investment becoming increasingly linked to sustainability, it's not just about our community anymore, it's also smart business."

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... innate skill and ability that is not easily replicable." Mooney has extensive leadership and governance experience in community-led economic development and inclusive finance in Australia, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, PNG and other countries. He was ...

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... that, we needed to be a lot more deliberate." Being able to articulate an ESG policy and the focus on the social and community aspects of their operations is "natural ground" for a mutual bank, Lock said. "The social and community aspects of what we ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... ethically invested in line with Christian values. The fund is also a global leader and pioneer in the impact investing community, and the fund is a member of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and the membership of the Global ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... lot of interest in how entities disclose the benefit of gov't support, JobKeeper as an example," she said. "The entire community and market needs to be prepared for is a greater degree of qualification in terms of audit opinions and we feature that in ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... deal. Companies raise money in Australia all the time, and every time they do that, it's an opportunity for the investor community to support that company or not support that company. You could argue that if a company has weaker credit metrics or weaker ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... perspective. If impact investors are providing funding to communities coming out of COVID-19, money must be set aside for community organisations to either invest in themselves in terms of capability, or provide funding to hire people to help organisations ...