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Northern Trust names new global head of ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management has named Mamadou-Abou Sarr global head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, a newly created role. Mamadou-Abou Sarr global head of ESG investing, Northern Trust Asset Management, Northern Trust Sarr ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... do you make viable economies on all that land," said Rowan Foley, general manager of Aboriginal Carbon Fund, a not-for-profit company that develops CFI projects. "Traditionally, there have been two industries - pastoralism, tourism, and now the third ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Co-operatives and mutuals offer an alternative "third way" to complement for-profit and not-for-profit business models for delivery of public services, according to a green paper aiming to stimulate discussion on how the sector can provide innovative ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... are growing strongly with close to AU$1m of micro-credit loans, AU$5.3m in community finance loans to 26 Australian non-profit organisations and social enterprises and more than AU$12m funds under management through our subsidiary company Social Investment ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... should be a priority for Australia in its presidency of the G20 because there is a strong link between base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) and the G20's objective to promote development, according to Oxfam Australia and Publish What You Pay Australia. ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... found the companies and their associated corporate foundations invested on average the equivalent of 2.5% of their pre-tax profit in programs to ameliorate social and environmental challenges including access to education, healthcare and disaster relief. ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... conclusions are applicable to abatement activities in Australia, Salisbury said, cit the Aboriginal Carbon Fund, a not-for-profit that aims to build "a sustainable Aboriginal carbon industry" by assisting in the development of Carbon Farming Initiative ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... years and was recognised as the Prime the Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year in 2013, and as Australian Not for Profit Organisation CEO of the year. He stepped down from that role earlier this year.

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Pacific. "It marks a new chapter in IFC's efforts to help mitigate climate change and allows China's private sector to profit from these opportunities." IFC has worked in sustainable energy financing in China since 2006 and has provided loans of US$783 ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... recently returned to Australia and attended the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), AIST's annual event for the not-for-profit superannuation fund industry. "I was pleased to see that there were quite a lot of ESG sessions on the agenda - that was ...