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Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... financiers that already offer community finance for not for profits buying property already.... Foresters, Community Sector Banking, they all offer mortgage-type products which make it affordable for community organisations where the finance provider ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... including an 87% employee engagement score and the fact that 42% of Westpac's leadership roles are held by women and the banking group has set a new target of having 50% women in leadership roles by 2017. In 2013, more than 60% of respondents used some ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... did name ASX200 Climate Performance Leaders, naming Commonwealth Property Office Fund, National Australia Bank, Westpac Banking Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, David Jones and Dexus Property Group to the CPLI. The CDP also named ASX200 companies ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Senate inquiry into the repeal of the Clean Energy Future legislation. "The business model of the CEFC is not an investment banking business model - it is not there to maximise the returns for the broker," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the IGCC. ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... -we're here to help Australians have a healthy relationship with money," Benson said. "Everything we do in our personal banking is about providing our customers with the right products and services at the right time. We also have the work we do in microfinance ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group's 2013 annual review and sustainability report benchmarks the banking group's performance against financial, social and environmental indicators based on its new sustainability strategy announced in February. The bank reported 2013 cash ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... incorporate information from other parts of the business was interesting." The process was founded on bankmecu's responsible banking charter as a customer-owned institution, and generating an integrated report reinforced the strategies and how bankmecu ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to raise awareness about the function and power of member-owned businesses. There are 1800 co-operatives and 108 mutual banking institutions, according to BCCM, and 8 out of 10 Australians have a relationship with a mutual or co-op, through organisations ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "ACSI and its members have been in the vanguard of those developments." Hagart began his career as an investment banking analyst with Greenhill & Co. in London, and also worked as an investment consultant in Zurich. He holds Bachelor's and Master's ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand Banking, Tabcorp and Stockland are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 ...