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NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional owners with an eye to ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Strait Islanders in urban and remote areas in the Kimberley and South East Queensland. "With more than 2.6 million Australians classified as fully or severely financially excluded, there is a compelling argument for affordable financial services that ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... priority than their Australian counterparts, with 53% rating it a high or a very high priority, compared to 40% of Australians rating it a high or very high priority. The concept of CSR has progressed very quickly in Australia since 2008, and that progress ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Seven out of ten Australians have identified looking after their finances as a top priority for 2013, and a majority say that it is important that their investments are aligned with their personal values, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... business are incredibly broad: "supporting local communities, health and food, supporting Australian farming, helping Australians with sustainable choices and supporting children's health". If you sense there is some overlap here with 'earning trust' ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... obstacles in regulatory framework, gaps in regulation and planning and fragmentation of responsibility as issues. "Australians are no strangers to extreme weather events," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, in a media statement. "With these ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. "This is not a difficult concept for Australians to grasp, I don't think," Thompson said. "Our economic history and our economic present have been dominated by our ability ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Chair Jillian Broadbent will retire from the board of the ASX as of the company's 5 October annual general meeting (AGM). Broadbent is leaving the ASX board to focus on her new role at the CEFC, ASX said in an ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... This could include matched workplace giving from ANZ employees, and investigating securing funding from individual Australians and philanthropic foundations. Such investigation would necessitate examination of governance and legal structures, as well ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... report notes that "less than 18% of asset owners have set clear expectations of their managers on climate change." Australians are most likely to use quantitative assessment of climate change risks in their portfolios - 82% of asset managers do so, as ...