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NSW Government makes social impact investment for palliative care

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
The NSW Government has made another social impact investment - a seven and a half year, $80 million commitment to support palliative care patients in Western Sydney. Dr Christopher McGowan, Silver Chain Group chief executive officer In partnership with ...

Mirvac launches first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Mirvac has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), fulfilling a commitment made in their 2015 This Changes Everything sustainability strategy. Sarah Breavington, Mirvac sustainability director Mirvac's RAP links to their commitment to "demonstrate ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has gathered $7 million in capital to fund a social benefit bond to fund a program addressing mental health services. Elyse Sainty, SVA director impact investing The Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB) will fund ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
VicSuper has joined 30 other Australian businesses in the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) Trailblazer program. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager Last year, the federal government appointed Good Shepherd Microfinance to ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is preparing its final recommendations, which will be presented to the G20 Leaders' Summit in July. As the TCFD considers the final draft of the TCFD guidelines ...

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Carnegie Clean Energy has been selected to participate in a program backed by the U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group to focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group have partnered ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has been recertified as a B Corporation. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking B Corps are certified by B Lab and certification means meeting measures of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Groups and institutional investors have condemned the decision by the president of the United States to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "The Paris Agreement ...

Australasian Investor Relations Association developing ESG engagement guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) has developed a set of recommended practices for listed entities on how to best engage with the investment community on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Ian Matheson, AIRA CEO ...

RIAA launches Impact Investment Forum to build scale in sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has launched the Impact Investment Forum, taking over some of the assets from the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The Impact ...