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Mirvac partners with YWCA NSW for social enterprise HQ cafe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... women" and is expanding domestic violence services, Bligh said. As part of this restructure, YWCA NSW is expanding their profit for purpose operations, currently operating in two Sydney hotels, she said. At Mirvac we are committed to acting in a sustainable ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
While Australia waits to see who will form government for the 45 th session of Parliament, stakeholders with environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus are turning their attention to their policy objectives for the next term, as well as developing ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... significant interest as an investment opportunity and as a situation where collaboration between the investment, not-for-profit and government sectors could yield positive results in terms of expanded developments across Australia. AT the same time as ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... realizing the ambitious goals set out in the SDGs. We need to push for more solutions like this for the benefit of people, profit and the planet."

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... ethical investment and superannuation provider recently reported a 35% growth in funds under management and a 55% growth in profit in its most recent half-yearly results. The firm reported net inflows of AU$155 million, an increase of 102%, for the half ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... world, are analysing the impacts of tax transparency and tax avoidance information, including work on base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) by OECD companies and the implications revealed recently in the Panama Papers journalistic investigations. "The ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... CEO of Community Sector Bank has said that he is focusing on learning how the bank's products and services to its not-for-profit organisation clients can be leveraged to bring added value to the sector. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking Andrew ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Corporate, public and not-for-profit organisations in Australia are increasingly setting frameworks to measure social return on investment (SROI) of their business activities and integrating those metrics and analysis into their business strategies. ...

UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... ASIC and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The move makes UCA Funds Management the first and only non-profit, faith-based entity to have the same licensing and compliance standards as a commercial retail fund manager, UCA Funds Management ...

Community Sector Banking hires new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... year, Community 21 had a capital raising campaign, having raised almost AU$750,000 and issuing shares to 18 new not for profit (NFP) shareholders. Community Sector Banking last year told The Sustainability Report that $600,000 from the capital raising ...