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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 ...

School for Social Entrepreneurs holds NDIS training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... accelerator program to educate social enterprises for the changes that will come with the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). NDIS is being implemented across Australia, and SSE's Accelerator program will incorporate the ...

GRI, Fundacion ONCE launch disability reporting guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Fundacion ONCE, a leading organization of the European Network for CSR and Disability (CSR+D), have launched a guide for organisations to use in communicating commitments relating to inclusion of people with ...