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Cash Converters to pay more than $12 million after ASIC investigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Payday lender Cash Converters will refund AU$10.8 million to consumers and has paid an AU$1.35 million penalty after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ASIC agreed to ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... under the Emissions Reduction Fund. Bruce encouraged the waste industry "to register your project early, particularly to protect your project against some of the eligibility requirements such as newness. That really allows you then, once you are declared ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Renew Financial, a California-based clean energy financing company, is bringing the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... rights in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin and allocated those rights to provide water security for Australian farmers and protect 'culturally significant wetlands that support threatened species.' The way businesses organise their philanthropic activities ...

Mirvac partners with YWCA NSW for social enterprise HQ cafe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... quality commercial offering that will deliver a premium service to Mirvac staff, but also to fund services that help and protect women and children threatened with domestic violence across the state." YWCA NSW is "undergoing a transition to an organisation ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... food should be lost and wasted. Now, we have a powerful new tool that will help governments and businesses save money, protect resources and ensure more people get the food they need." The FLW Standard is based on an inventory that reflects an entity's ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government will fund a program to pilot social impact bonds (SIBs). Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... process. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia The SDGs are a set of 17 goals to "end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all" over the next 15 years. The SDGs were adopted by 139 countries, including Australia ...

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 ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... investment agenda as the world's biggest pension funds, insurers and endowments recognise they need to take action to protect the savings and financial security of millions of people," said Dr John Hewson. AODP chair. "Yet, there are still too many ignoring ...