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Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Commissioner for Refugees after three and a half years to join the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as Asia philanthropy lead. Moey will be responsible for developing philanthropic support from corporations, foundations, and family offices. The ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... speakers Nicky Landsbergen, partner with EY's climate change and sustainability services team, Ethinvest director of philanthropy Blair Palese, South Pole climate action head Thomas Schroeder, and Minderoo Foundation sustainable ocean finance lead ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... interventions, including hiring; entrepreneur support; education and skills development; products and services; and philanthropy," Janakiram said. RII has developed a dataset that covers company refugee action - ie, activities including refugee hiring ...

Westpac, CEFC join Australian Industry ETI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Industry ETI's knowledge partners include Bloomberg NEF, Rocky Mountain Institute and CSIRO. The initiative is funded by philanthropy, company contributions and the Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's (ARENA) Advancing ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... to do in Africa, we are looking at ways we can bring in pricing of nature and innovations around that that combine philanthropy, innovation and commercial transactions. Secondly, it will embed rural economic opportunities, agriculture and forestry, outgrower ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... strategies. Positive screening - "best in class" selection - is expected to grow by 23%, thematic investing by 7% and philanthropy by 15%. On average, interest in these techniques is higher in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America than in North America ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... impact investing and impact businesses is evolving. He called the first state Impact 1.0, which he labelled a type of philanthropy. Impact 2.0 is considering profit and impact in tandem, and he linked it to the development of ESG as a global integration ...

We must approach public equities with an 'impact' mindset

KATHRYN MCDONALD, HEIDI RIDLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... equities can deliver impact. Defining 'impact' Impact investing, as distinct from traditional investing and philanthropy, has two objectives: positive and demonstrable social or environmental outcomes, and competitive financial returns. Investors ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... manage and report on ESG indicators, Hajda said. The company draws on its experience in working with the NFP and philanthropy sectors. "Socialsuite is essentially a data collection platform that collects longitudinal information from stakeholders over ...

Understanding Impact Investment

MATTHEW TOMINC  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... investors, if we were to compromise on our risk-adjusted returns, we'd begin to blur the line between our work and philanthropy. There are already fantastic philanthropists and charitable organisations in the world, and we don't exist to substitute funds ...