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Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... inclusion and other programs and has reached over 125,000 people. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Opportunity strategy is based on three pillars, which NAB identifies as helping Australians have a healthy relationship with money, cultivating prosperous communities and the bank's role in leading a future focused nation. Wealth of Opportunity is a ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... that others can see that corporate social responsibility isn't a nice thing to have, it's not about a charity or giving money away, it's actually about doing good in the communities and making profit at the same time."

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... few larger community trusts. The New Zealand Superannuation fund has NZ$23 billion in assets under management and invests money on behalf of the government to offset public pension costs. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund was set up with ethical investment ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... facie, you want a profit motive, but you don't want the surplus then to reward the investment of capital because it takes the money out of the system," she said. "You create what's called the virtuous circle. We talk a lot in economic growth terms about ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... issues - there is the sheer challenge of collecting volumes of data. Companies could spend the time and spend huge amounts of money building or buying their own tools to look at supply chain and responsible charges." Sedex is a data collection platform ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... of Opportunity, is based on three pillars, which NAB identifies as helping Australians have a healthy relationship with money, cultivating prosperous communities and the bank's role in leading a future focused nation, said Paula Benson, general manager ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... he said. "There's a tremendous ignorance on the parts of homeowners and building owners, not just the potential to save money on energy, but to make homes and buildings nicer places to be in. One of the things often said about energy efficiency and commercial ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Resources, Energy and Tourism has granted AU$1 million to expand the reach of the CitySwitch energy efficiency program. The money was allocated through the department's Energy Efficiency Information Grants (EEIG) program by the Net Balance Foundation ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... such as, where would you like your super to be invested, there is a high response rates from the public saying 'we want our money invested in line with our values.' The onus is on us to join the dots for the public." It does seem as though consumes are ...