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SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... "[t]his despite there being no explicit prohibition to impact investment provided superannuation trustees meet the sole purpose test," the report said. See Also: Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is considering whether assurance on integrated reporting is necessary. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO The IIRC has published two papers discuss the issue, Assurance on : an introduction to the discussion ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... "[t]his despite there being no explicit prohibition to impact investment provided superannuation trustees meet the sole purpose test," the report said. The report also said that "relatively simple instruments" such as social impact bonds are subject ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... If you think about our fair value agenda, which is featured in the paper, it is an example of how we are really using purpose to create profit, and then there's pockets of the organisation where it's more developed, such as NAB Care." NAB Care is a program ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... directors to act with "reasonable care and diligence and in good faith in the best interests of the company and for a broader purpose," CSA has previously said. "One of the looming issues is the anxiety that company directors have about liabilities relating ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... multifaceted and multilayered. If we step back from the detail and just look through a risk management lens having regard to the purpose of superannuation, it's easy to see why climate related risks should be on our radar as trustees. Superannuation ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... inquiry is to the mainstream," Learmonth said. "But specifically in relation to the access of capital to social and for-purpose sector, we think that the enquiry should look at increasing the ability of those organisations and their ability to access ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... complementary finance mechanism, it's unlikely that the incentive will be great enough for people to bid into the fund for that purpose," said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. "The solution here is to provide a bankable ...