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New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Reporting Tool encourages industry to collaborate across the value chain to reduce the impact of packaging on the Australian community." APCO CEO, Brooke Donnelly acknowledged the complexity of providing a tool that works for all organisations, "Improving ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... impact investing market and attract other institutional investors. The trust focuses on investments in the heath and community services sector, consistent with the sectors in which HESTA's members work. The Trust's largest commitment to date is $19 million ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... mortgage insurance. We're aware there are a number of people that can't get into housing, so we would like to get into the community and help those people. We have a number of initiatives around homelessness. In Australia, we've invested in the South ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... to pilot an innovative investment model that is intended to bring institutional investment-level scale and capital to community-based investments. Gordon Noble, director of FenElpi Partners In the 2018-2019 Victorian state budget presented earlier this ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has opened its 2018 community grants program and is inviting organisations to apply for a portion of the $300,000 in total to be awarded. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical donates ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... to understand that mobility is not just a hardware issue but a software or people-ware issue," he said. "The general community is responding quickly to mobility opportunities - work from home, shared services, increased use of public transport, which ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... the conduct that say, 'if we don't behave in the right way, this is our impact on customers, this is our impact on the community. Therefore we have to avoid this behaviour,'" Vamos said. "If it's part of that lens, then the discussion of conduct is broader." ...

Diversity Council Australia discusses myths around workplace flexibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... just for new mums Flexibility is for all workers for any reason including caring for dependents, personal development, community involvement, lifestyle reasons, to be an active grandparent etc. Evidence shows all workers as well as specific groups such ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Alina Vision has a ten-year commitment to growing the projects, which will result in full-service eye hospitals for community members across socio-economic classes. Midberry noted that services will include cataract operations, provision of glasses ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... demand for this transaction highlights the growing number of sustainable mandates within the institutional investment community - we expect this trend to continue." This is the first Euro SDG bond globally, noted Katharine Tapley, ANZ head of sustainable ...