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Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the fundamental social goals are accomplished and that mission creep doesn't occur. "The core of microfinance is to lend money so that someone can purchase something to produce a recurring income, whether that's buying a fridge so they can sell drinks ...

Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and looked at an investment with them a few years ago. We knocked that one back, but this one met every criteria. It lends money to community organisations to buy properties and develop assets for themselves. That means they can customise assets to their ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... acceptance on what we're doing. So we are able to say to them whether you believe in our position or not, we're not costing you money, in fact we are adding to it. Q: From quantifiable perspective, how much have you been able to measure? Does it depend ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... management (HCM) analysis indicates that more companies are increasing their investment - both in terms of strategic focus and money - on retaining their current workforce and 'growing their own skilled workforce' to minimise the need to compete for ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... idea. Many identified it as a charity and it took a long time to expunge those views. In the early days, people put their money with us because they wanted to do the right thing. "The next generation saw that the returns were pretty ok and the ethics ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... arguments that don't stand up to economic analysis. Indonesia has a rapidly growing population, they have more people with more money, and there is a role for the meat industry in Australia to supply that. But the worst thing to come out of this is that ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... clients. We can be proactive in communicating the approach to ESG on their behalf but at the end of the day it's not our money - it's their money." UNPRI Principles - Principle 1: We will incorporate ESG issues into our investment analysis and decision-making ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... company said. Grant said that the company is on track for significant growth in the medium term, but whether they invest their money in Australian projects is highly dependent on policy implementation, particularly around the creation of price on carbon ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... factors, including a lack of broadly used standards and the impact of the global financial crisis, which impacted on time and money that managers could devote to implementing ESG reporting protocols. But with leading ASX-listed companies driving the ...