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Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... organisation, Good Shepherd Microfinance between 2012 and 2018, reaching over a million people on low incomes and driving large scale economic mobility, with women representing 70% of clients. Grameen works through developing skills and capabilities ...

ARENA allocates $2.17m to Alice Springs grid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... economic challenges with energy transition in the town's isolated grid through a series of sub projects including: a large scale battery system; a residential battery trial for up to 50 customers, with batteries aggregated and controlled to provide voltage ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... at Nuveen. "As interest from a larger client base has grown so has our ability for us to do investment in impact at that scale. It's a very simple motivation. We have the conviction that investing in solutions for people and climate brings strong risk-adjusted ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... to utilise the government allocation, and the idea is to invite other impact investors to provide additional capital to scale the scheme," she noted. Sefa is one of the smaller participants in the Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... second largest industry fund with more than $120 billion in funds under management. "As a result of our increased size and scale, we are now in an even stronger position to create a positive impact for our members and the community," Stewart said. "... ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... methodology, the team "must receive an aggregate score of at least 30 points and, for each metric, receive at least a 2 on a scale of 1 to 5," according to a paper from JPMAM that outlines the ESG integration policy. If the strategy does not meet this ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... significant issue of housing affordability and support the critical small to medium-sized business sector to access capital to scale up and drive jobs growth." Stewart cited investments such as First State Super's allocation of $200 million in key worker ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... but that might be a while yet," Chen said. "The states and sovereigns would be obvious candidates for issuance, given the scale and direct expenditure towards responding to COVID-19. Now, it may not be called a coronavirus bond, it could be called sustainability ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... $70 million grant program aiming to demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of hydrogen production at a large-scale using electrolysis. "Hydrogen has the potential to make a substantial contribution to our clean energy transition, reducing ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
There is increasing concern that the impacts of COVID-19 will exacerbate conditions causing modern slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this ...