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CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "It is adopting the language and approach of accounting while recognising for various reasons that it's not fit for purpose. Accounting rules focus on disclosure of known risks based on past events. The whole nature of the thoughts we're looking ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... account or in a term deposit that's invested responsibly in community or social or environmental outcomes. It's a new purpose to established funds. That's the space that intrigues us most of all - trying to invest for economic return that produces positive ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... uncorrelated diversification to a wide range of geographies and sectors," according to the report's authors. "There's a dual purpose to the report - one is to explain what impact investments are, and the other is to address the 'we can't do that in a ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... [Integrated Reporting] refocuses with a greater degree of clarity your attention to existing capitals - not only for the purpose of the membership, but also looking at how the business model supports our ethical conduct and acting in the public interest. ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... consumer. Co-ops and mutuals have members rather than shareholders at heart. They are a perfect marriage of the social purpose of the business with the efficiency of the private sector," Morrison said. Co-operatives have a comparative advantage in their ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... other aquatic resource area that has been restored, established, enhanced, or (in certain circumstances) preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts..." according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. "You now have ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, investigates how water accounting, specifically the production of General Purpose Water Accounting Reports (GPWAR) can work in practice for accountants in firms and corporations," Tingey-Holyoak said. ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... access to quality financial services. We believe that these companies provide two opportunities - one is profit and one is purpose - and we believe they can operate together. On the profit side, these companies allow us to rise with the next two billion ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the CPT's work as a way of marketing itself, it does not conflict with trustee's investment obligations under the sole purpose test. "We worked the program through the regulator some time ago and the regulators are happy as long as we can demonstrate ...