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Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has hired Jenna Palumbo as director for Western Australia. Palumbo comes to SVA from Big Society Capital in London, where she was investment director. She has experience in finance and management and has worked with "a ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... task force will include Rowan Dowland, general manager development, bankmecu, Angela Perry, Chair, Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand, John McInerney, former managing director, Common Equity Housing Ltd (CEHL) and BCCM director, Kimina Lyall ...

AMP Capital, Goodman join GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital and Goodman have joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). AMP Capital, which is one of the largest real estate fund managers in Asia-Pacific, has assets under management of US$20 billion and "believes that consideration ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The government of South Australia has proposed legislation that will bring environmental upgrade finance to the state and provide a new financing vehicle for commercial developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
When it comes to sustainability issues in 2014, corporate Australia is likely to focus on the transition to the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 guidelines, defining and reducing environmental and social risks in the supply chain and defining the social ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... launched a company that will consult and collaborate in initiatives to build the capacity of the impact investing sector in Australia. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, IMPACT Investing Australia Blackburn-Wright and Addis have opened their organisation, IMPACT ...

AGL commences construction on Nyngan Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... operational by June 2015. It will deliver 103 megawatts of renewable power and will be the largest solar power station in Australia, with more than 1,350,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) modules expected to be installed on the 250 hectare site, AGL said. ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The increased interest in using debt and equity instruments to fund social enterprises in Australia is leading financiers, investors and government bodies to consider various vehicles for financing businesses from within the community, including a category ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... step closer to establishing a payment disclosure standard for its listed mining companies, with civil society groups in Australia increasing the focus on seeing a similar regime introduced here. Last week, a multi-stakeholder Resource Revenue Transparency ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac has topped the list of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World". The Global 100 is an annual list published by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment research company based in Toronto. The announcement was ...