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Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... than midsized family businesses.' Australian family business owners were least likely of all countries that say they receive tax relief for their philanthropic activities - just one third reported this, behind a global average of 61%, and well behind ...

Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government will fund programs dealing with drug and alcohol treatment and young people transitioning from Out of Home Care as the focus of its first two social impact bonds (SIBs). Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas The Victorian government ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank will finance a New South Wales social impact investment to fund a program to reduce recidivism by parolees in that state. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia The NSW state government issued the program, called On ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... companies and their directors to take risks on innovating, without the fear of being punished." AICD would also like to see tax reform as well, Brogden said. AICD is also planning for the need to engage with the stronger crossbench. "The answer is that ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and companies are working to assess, evaluate and plan to integrate the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a process supported by a wide variety of stakeholders on all side of the process. Alice Cope, executive ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australia will join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), nearly four years after first studying the initiative for applicability. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency ...

GRI, Danish Institute for Human Rights collaborate on reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) will collaborate to promote sustainability reporting in a partnership announced at the 5 th GRI Global Conference. GRI and DIHR's collaboration comes as part of global ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Tax transparency is an issue for investor consideration as part of an overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) approaches, but the extent to which tax transparency is material depends on investment beliefs and investment approaches. Investors ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... increasing, particularly in developing markets that companies had seen as growth markets. Indonesia is considering a sugar tax, the Philippines and India are also considering the same thing. All these markets have had high rates of growth in the past ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... to shareholders, Australian Ethical reported that for the half year to 31 December 2015, the company had a net profit after tax of AU$1.5 million, an increase of 172%, and underlying profit after tax of $1.5 million. Revenues were AU$10.9 million, an ...