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Impact Investing Australia chair to join Future Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... "Across his tenure, IIA has produced critical market sizing research through our Benchmarking Impact work, managed the Social Enterprise Development Initiative grants, run the Endowments for Impact Challenge and most recently, been recognised as the ...

Government gives $11m to support First Nations energy security

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is committing $11 million to support two First Nations-led microgrid projects in the Northern Territory. Both projects aim to help remote communities design and develop their own local energy solutions ...

Automated systems need rigorous adjustment for aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has welcomed the investigation into the integrated assessment tool (IAT) used in aged care following concerns around how automated systems are impacting financial outcomes for older Australians. The IAT ...

UK pension insurer enters affordable housing sector

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes in the UK, has launched Verda Living, a for-profit registered provider of social and affordable housing (FPRP), following approval from the Regulator of Social Housing. PIC has invested almost £4 ...

Macquarie AM finances over $1bn to support social housing in France

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has provided an additional $164 million (€100m) to social housing provider Vilogia in France, bringing its total financing to $1.05 billion (€639m). Since 2022, MAM has supported Vilogia's long-term plans of addressing ...

Lobby group names and shames companies omitting shareholder resolutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... investors' ability to influence outcomes. Now, the ICCR is naming each of the companies challenging environmental and social proposals, with all of them having been reviewed by a legal team which have deemed them "especially troubling", it said. ...

Macquarie lends $191m to UK's social housing provider

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management has financed one of UK's largest social housing providers, Places for People, with a £100 million ($191m) debt facility. Places for People is a not-for-profit housing association, owning and managing around 262,000 homes ...

Green moves: ASFI, U Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... will strengthen its ability to coordinate action across the financial system, and align capital with climate, nature and social outcomes. May is currently executive director at IFM Investors and brings expertise across asset management, public policy ...

ImpactX, Impact Ag show investment case for natural capital

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... projects applying the same measurement approach across several high-impact private market sectors, including natural capital, social impact, climate and clean energy. "The approach is designed to make the relationship between invested capital and real-world ...

Circular economy needs to be realigned for effective deployment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... handle materials. "Many have expressed concerns about the absence of societal development goals and the need to scale up social and environmental activities as corporate circular economy actions intensify," Erdiaw-Kwasie said. "To achieve sustainable ...