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Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has sold shares in its funds management subsidiary to mid-market corporate advisory firm InterFinancial Corporate Finance as part of a strategic partnership between the two companies. InterFinancial offers independent advisory ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... around the payday lending sector," he said. "What we need to do is form the right group of people, and it has to include community organisations and shareholders. Secondly, we need to do our research to identify what improvement in standards we want ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... companies that lead on ethical considerations, such as human rights, and labour standards, social consideration such as community involvement, environmental considerations and governance considerations. In addition to the new fossil fuel exclusions ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... agreed KPIs and targets that all parties are willing to put money to, in terms of rewards. Do we think the model for community investment might change if this experiment works? Perhaps. Could you imagine a world where the vast majority of corporate community ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... framework, a biennial process that is considered a "refresh", said Siobhan Toohill, head of group sustainability and community. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The half-year progress report shows that Westpac is hitting targets to ensure that their workforce ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... industry initiative. "For example, the Aboriginal Carbon Fund looks at the co-benefits of climate abatement projects to a community or region," Salisbury said. "If we're looking at biodiverse planting projects through the CFI, there are co-benefits ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... cited incidents at three companies in which ability to communicate with stakeholders as having tremendous impact on community and government relations, and social license to operate "The concern the industry has, and this comes from talking to people ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... understand what our stakeholders are telling us are the material issues," Regan said. "That might be through media groups, community groups, environmental groups, customers and investors. We also engage third parties to help us as part of this process. ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) will invest in AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), a decision influenced by the social and environmental qualities that are part of the fund, said Bill Hartnett, LGS's head of sustainability. Bill Hartnett ...

Government announces plan to abolish ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... 2022 to invest in renewable energy projects, support research and development activities, and increase industry and community knowledge about renewable energy. The ARENA Act would have to be repealed by Parliament before these plans could be implemented ...