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SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the US, there have been 168 commercial projects completed with a value of US$33 million, according to PACE Now, a not-for-profit organisation that provides information and resources to stakeholders in the US PACE market. SMF and PACE Now have an "ongoing ...

Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... "expertise and experience across the sustainability value chain, expertise working with the public, private and not for profit sectors, and deep technical experience," Jeyaretnam said. When the acquisition is completed in late September, Net Balance ...

ASIC accepts Community 21's prospectus for share raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... received," Quarmby said. "It has come at just the right time for the sector. [There has been] a recognition within the non-profit sector that it is the time for us to be investing in ourselves, to be looking at ensuring that we get control over our capital ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... corporations are actually hybrids, hybrids meaning they are joint ventures between what you might call capitalist, for-profit enterprises which bring a commercial market expertise, and the non-profit or mission-driven enterprises and organisations," ...

Australian Forestry Standard releases supply chain standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... timber products move through the supply chain, according to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS). The AFS is a not-for-profit public company which owns and manages the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFSC), built on two Australian Standards ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... contract. Ben has been in regular contact with asylum seekers on the island through his social support work with a non-profit organisation Humanitarian Research Partners." Walsh emphasised that the existence of detention centres is a matter of Australian ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Kramer wrote in the Harvard Business Review, "Creating Shared Value". FSG notes that banks have opportunities to create profit and social benefit on the three levels - creating products to further client prosperity, fuelling the growth of regional economies ...

Christian Super to merge with Australian Christian Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Christian Super has more than AU$850 million in assets under management with over 21,000 members across churches, not for profit organisations, Christian ministries and businesses. Christian Super's investment ethos is ethical investing without sacrificing ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... allowing for equity investment in social impact projects, Community 21 said. "When we started 12 years ago, we went to the non-profit sector and said, we need to look at a way to better harness the capital running to the non-profit sector and participate ...