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NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... with advice, guidance and assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... with advice, guidance and assistance. It also encapsulates programs such as NAB's partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, which rolls out affordable finance to communities that have experienced financial exclusion. NAB has committed to providing ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the infrastructure and the defensive assets, because we need to find more in the social bond space. We looked at microfinance -microfinance is really costly and it isn't off the table entirely, but it's not overly appealing for that very reason." See ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Opportunity International Australia. Opportunity International Australia is a provider and pioneer of socially focused microfinance and support services around the world. "I think it is fairly universal for organisations, particularly organisations with ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Christian Super has an established investment history in impact investing and has previously made two commitments to microfinance institutions - an AU$10 million commitment to MicroVest in early 2009 and an AU$5 million commitment to Triodos Bank in ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... The social and economic return of the StepUP micro-loan program run by National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance is equal to $2.68 for every dollar invested, according to a report by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Schemes (NILS) loan to 5,080 Indigenous clients in 2012, 317 short of target. NAB has partnered with Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government to provide access to microfinance products, financial counseling and other services to ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... personal perspective as entrepreneurs and business owners. There are other members who are involved in things like microfinance which is one of the older forms of impact investing, so when we talk terminology, we're talking the same thing, but using ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... increasing with financial literacy." Community Sector Banking is not the only institution to receive more funding for its microfinance/financial literacy program. Julie Collins, minister for community services, has announced a total of AU$1.2 million ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Jobs Australia, Oxfam Australia, Scope and ACOSS. Community Sector Banking said it will focus on specialising in microfinance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in urban and remote areas in the Kimberley and South East Queensland. "With more ...