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Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... "Private and public ancillary funds which provide a link between donors and organisations that can receive tax deductable donations are unclear whether they may count discounted returns toward minimum distribution requirements," the report also said. ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... for companies to improve communication to stakeholders and shareholders." KPMG defined social investments as corporate donations of cash or products, employee volunteering, pro bono work, sponsorship, matched giving and the costs associated with those ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... philanthropic sector is bearing some of the cost.... It's a difficult one for philanthropies because you're not making donations; you're looking at business plans, and where does that sit with the philanthropic mission - that's a debate within the philanthropic ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Dunn noted that they have a relationship with Brisbane-based Silver Chef Group, in which the group provides charitable donations to Opportunity International Australia, as an example of this. But beyond the benefits of a charitable relationship, integrating ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... forefront of carbon sequestration via Australian native forests." Greenfleet noted that the two sites were planted from donations from corporate and individual donors, and that the organisation is surveying all their sites to determine if others are ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... but is less than other companies of similar size in many sectors. These amounts would include the $4.5m in Woolworths 'donations' to schools under its Earn and Learn program. This and its Coles equivalent hit the public school system with some force ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... have policies in place - doing so at twice the rate of private companies related to suppliers, charitable and political donations, and having a specialĂ‚ized unit On the environmental side, sustainable consumption represented the most common environmental ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... CEO of the Karma Currency Foundation, a non-profit organisation that developed "gift vouchers" that can be redeemed as donations to registered Australian charities, noted that charitable donation not only serves social purposes, but can be a source of ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... program, which focuses on improving literacy levels of young people in regional communities, as well as its charitable donations to customers affected by the 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi. The company also launched the "Text to Donate" initiative ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... on the amounts given by individual employees. The report breaks giving into three categories- community investment, donations, and commercial initiatives. "This year has seen a strong shift away from community investment (down from 57.7% to 46.3%) to ...