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Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... treasurer at Bank Australia. The proceeds of the bond will be used to finance loans including community housing, specialist disability accommodation and mortgages for energy efficient homes with an added environmental offset from a conservation reserve ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... budget, and NDIS being extended not only from the consumer driven side of it, but the housing side as well - specialist disability accommodation allowances, other things like that." HESTA has been pleased with the performance of the trust thus far. "The ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... has launched the state's first social impact bond (SIB), aimed at reducing chronic homelessness. Minster for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley The Andrews Labor government has this week launched the J2SI SIB, which will fund the expansion of ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... classic social enterprises through to large indigenous businesses, and really interesting housing projects including a disability housing project." The fund will be making debt and equity investments in social purpose organisations that are post-revenue ...

Employees in more inclusive workplaces report higher job satisfaction: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... or harassment last year alone (22%), with 38% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Australians with a disability (34%) and Australians under 30 (30%) reporting experiencing discrimination or harassment last year. Annese said that while ...

DCA sets agenda for diversity and inclusion in 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... intersectionality, such as a woman that may have a cultural identity, may or may not be Indigenous, may or may have disability, may or may not be LGTBQI." DCA notes that workforce participation of people with disability is around 30% lower than for other ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... sector. The ability to provide services into the affordable housing sector, or unique financial considerations of the disability sector, supporting direction into helping inclusiveness for the indigenous population, all things that are considered to ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit and other non-government institutions into providing social services, such as the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), there is clear need for metrics to evaluate and compare what works and what doesn't when it ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... levels of your organisation. Address biases in recruitment and retention that may be preventing women, people with a disability, Indigenous Australians, mature-age workers, people from culturally diverse backgrounds or same sex-attracted people from ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... companies were asked to identify the social issues they focused on. Respondents cited employment, education, homelessness, disability, health and indigenous disadvantage, but there was no clear relationship between the sector that the company belonged ...