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AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has increased its focus on succession planning for senior management and boards of directors and sees the issue as part of overall quality of leadership when considering governance issues in companies. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The South Australian government will support a Good Shepherd Microfinance retail site in Adelaide to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainability should be a "core tenant" of the global banking system, a message that members of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) will emphasise at its annual meeting in Melbourne next week. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director GABV ...

IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has joined international investors groups that are expressing concern about fugitive methane leaks and are calling on oil and gas companies to adopt universal implementation of best practices to prevent venting ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian social enterprise and impact investment sectors are growing, but the process of building a pipeline of sustainable social enterprises that are developed enough to attract debt and equity financing is still painstaking. There is still ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia ( ASrIA ) has appointed Simon Copley and David Li to its board of directors. Copley is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and has worked for PwC since 1985. He leads PwC's ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s Responsible Investment Academy (RI Academy) is being introduced to Canada and India in conjunction with local responsible investment associations. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RI Academy is an ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The increased interest in using debt and equity instruments to fund social enterprises in Australia is leading financiers, investors and government bodies to consider various vehicles for financing businesses from within the community, including a category ...

Pangolin Associates hires Sam Phua

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Energy and carbon management firm Pangolin Associates has hired Sam Phua to its Brisbane office. Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates Phua is a registered greenhouse and energy auditor and brings energy and carbon services experience, as well as the Airport ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has named Mark Herbertt Queensland director. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Herbertt has worked in both the government and private sector, in Australia, the Seychelles and the UK, SVA said. He has served on ...