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Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... priority to "help find solutions to environmental challenges," said Siobhan Toohill, head of group sustainability and community. "Adopting this Compact means we'll be among global banking leaders working in partnership to support soft commodities markets ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... to build effective methods to measure social impact so a standard can be adopted by the mainstream financial investor community." There are existing government initiatives to encourage the development of investment in the social enterprise sphere. The ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 16 indicators in four key areas: governance and risk management, water quality and use, greenhouse gas emissions and community relations. Information on company disclosure practices were collected from publicly available sources, including annual and ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... doing a sustainability report first without understanding the metrics that are driving risk and opportunities in their community and their sector." Crowe Horwath brought de Sousa-Shields and Luis Piacenza, a partner at Crowe Horwath in Argentina, to ...

Australian Ethical Investment hires head of ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Ethical Charter, serving all of our stakeholders including shareholders, superannuation fund members, investors and the community at large."

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has said. Good Shepherd Microfinance's provider network includes 246 community organisations across 650 locations in Australia to offer safe, fair, and affordable loans, savings, energy inclusion and other ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... director GABV is a global group of 25 sustainable bank, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprise. The group has a common set of sustainable ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... wear many hats to bring the market to life." Fund managers in this space, such as Social Ventures Australia, Foresters Community Finance and Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), have stepped in to play this role in capacity building. This process ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... countries, O'Connor said. "There are differences in the market - the India SIF does a lot of work with the academic community there and there seems to be a need in some of the large universities for education around responsible investment. In Canada ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Michael Pilbrow, director and founding chairman, National Health Co-operative, and Morrie O'Connor, president, Nundah Community Enterprise Co-operative. The task force's green paper and white paper recommendations will be handed down in May 2014. "The ...