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Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... commitments around meaningful careers and reaching our recruitment target in Indigenous Australia." CareerTrackers received a Catalyst Grant from Westpac Foundation in 2012, which provided a "financial boost necessary to aid its early and steady growth ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Laudex, a Mexican financial services company that provides student loans for the purposes of social development, the IFC Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund run by the International Finance Corporation that invests in renewable energy projects in emerging ...

Fifteen Australian signatories leave PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... APN Property Group Limited, Arkx Investment Management, Australian Pastoral Funds Management, Blue Sky Water Partners, Catalyst Investment Managers, Cromwell Property Group, Five Oceans Asset management, Local Super, mecu, Orion Asset Management, RepuTex ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... grade' information and many think that assurance may be a way of ensuring this. These papers are already providing a catalyst for those with an interest in ensuring credibility and trust in, to initiate and get involved in forums around the world over ...

Social Ventures Australia funds Melbourne LEGO club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... SVA Social Impact Fund manager. "Through supporting enterprises like this we hope the Social Impact Fund will act as a catalyst for more impact investing in Australia, and create an investment market that will better meet the needs of investors seeking ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Bangladesh and Rana Plaza," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Rana Plaza could have happened at any time - it's hard to predict when the catalyst could come. The same with transport sector - we have previously cited the risk of industrial action, and that seem ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... fundamental definitional and process issues." "The early work of the supranational issuers of green bonds served as a catalyst for the development of the Green Bond Principles initiated by BAML and Citi then joined by Credit Agricole and JP Morgan, and ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... degree," Thomas said. "You have had government departments driving on environmental performance, and that was a bit of a catalyst. You also have large international finance companies and legal practices that are demanding five and six star office premises ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... materiality, strategic focus and future orientation. Both NAB and Stockland also said the discussion of materiality has proved a catalyst to an integrated approach at the company. See Also: Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the UK, Sweden, Spain, Denmark and France that have either been adopted or updated. "This proposal could be the vital catalyst that is needed to usher in a new era of transparency in the largest economic region in the world," said Teresa Fogelberg, deputy ...