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Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... interventions, including hiring; entrepreneur support; education and skills development; products and services; and philanthropy," Janakiram said. RII has developed a dataset that covers company refugee action - ie, activities including refugee hiring ...

Westpac, CEFC join Australian Industry ETI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Industry ETI's knowledge partners include Bloomberg NEF, Rocky Mountain Institute and CSIRO. The initiative is funded by philanthropy, company contributions and the Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's (ARENA) Advancing ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... to do in Africa, we are looking at ways we can bring in pricing of nature and innovations around that that combine philanthropy, innovation and commercial transactions. Secondly, it will embed rural economic opportunities, agriculture and forestry, outgrower ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... strategies. Positive screening - "best in class" selection - is expected to grow by 23%, thematic investing by 7% and philanthropy by 15%. On average, interest in these techniques is higher in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America than in North America ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... impact investing and impact businesses is evolving. He called the first state Impact 1.0, which he labelled a type of philanthropy. Impact 2.0 is considering profit and impact in tandem, and he linked it to the development of ESG as a global integration ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... manage and report on ESG indicators, Hajda said. The company draws on its experience in working with the NFP and philanthropy sectors. "Socialsuite is essentially a data collection platform that collects longitudinal information from stakeholders over ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... there's a real distribution of size - some have made very large contributions, other much smaller," Harrington said. "Philanthropy is playing an important role in saving and supporting the organisation thru the transformation, but then the operating ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... for a family office in Asia where her responsibilities included ESG integration, equity analysis and advising on philanthropy. She has worked as an expert in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008, including providing advisory research on stewardship ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... "We're informed by representatives that have been drawn from Big Society Capital, Impact Investing Australia and also Philanthropy Australia, so that we have that independent view on the suitability from an impact perspective." QBE Insurance has committed ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... challenges, and that there is a developing critical mass of support from within the ecosystem of investors, government and philanthropy to build. "It's a timing thing as well," Leong noted. "We have this concept of 'purpose-driven' business - that will ...