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New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... well. Meanwhile, ANZFF2 had an initial close at AU$570 million. Within Australia, New Forests owns assets within each of the six states, and maintains conservation programs that can often result in granular, property-by-property local initiatives, Hanlon ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... agreed to carry out the formal review at a joint meeting in Cape Town last September, but the review took on new impetus after six Danish pension fund signatories de-listed from PRI in December, citing governance concerns. As the governance review is ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... services sector, it's difficult for them for varying reasons to access funding." SVA's submission to the inquiry centred on six main areas and opportunities for reform - access to capital, a dedicated social investment bank, tax concessions and incentives ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... services provided by Good Money make people feel valued, included and in control of their own finances and lives." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy ...

NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold a 2.5% stake in New Zealand's largest forestry business to six iwi organisations. The six iwi representative organisations - Ngati Rangitihi, Ngati Whakaue Assets and Te Arawa River Iwi Limited Partnership, Ngati ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "We are working towards articulating method, not process. We don't want to be in a situation where we say, for the first six weeks we do this and then we move on to that, without taking into account the particulars of the program. There are the ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... about superannuation, to be quite honest, because we think that's been quite slow," Braund said. "... We're talking about a six percent increase in seven years; I hope your superannuation fund's return has grown faster than that." The superannuation ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Bank. "We need to reflect on that and how we structure the report. I think what is good is that they've acknowledged that the six capitals are illustrative only, that it's up to each organisation to talk about how they create value. You don't have to ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Capital Target, which, like Kmart, is owned by Wesfarmers, will follow suit and disclose its supplier factories in Bangladesh in six to nine months. Meanwhile, Pacific Brands has also signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a global ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... goal of the IR framework is to push the evolution of corporate reporting towards more transparent and better reporting of the six capitals. The final framework reflects certain changes including "clearer definition of integrated reporting and the link ...