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Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 700,000 industry and general public members and primarily manages retirement savings on behalf of the construction and building industry. The fund supports Mates in Construction (MIC), Incolink and OzHelp programs, which provide on the job care for construction ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... meaningful careers in banking; improving our organisation's understanding of, and respect for, Indigenous culture; and building partnerships that enable Indigenous businesses to grow and prosper," according to the 2014 RAP. NAB's RAP is presented within ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... its submission that ERF funding can help reduce the barriers inhibiting take-up of EUAs. EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is ...

SVA appoints Rob Koczkar as incoming CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... SVA board on the transition process. "This is a decision I've made based on my desire to make a greater contribution to building a fairer Australia," Koczkar said. "My involvement with SVA over the past few years has instilled in me a great respect for ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian social enterprise and impact investment sectors are growing, but the process of building a pipeline of sustainable social enterprises that are developed enough to attract debt and equity financing is still painstaking. There is still ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... academy in Canada and India. In Canada, RI Academy is partnering with the R esponsible Investment Association (RIA) and is building off an existing relationship with across Asia with the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund The proposed Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) scheme is designed to help overcome market barriers that often prevent environmental upgrades from ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Members of the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV) outperformed the global sample in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) in the areas of management and policy, but need to improve their implementation ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... more educated and have a better basic idea and their sophistication is improving," he said. "But we need more capacity building in the system that would ease our workload a bit. Secondly, the market needs to become more efficient in terms of allocating ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... supplier factories in Bangladesh in six to nine months. Meanwhile, Pacific Brands has also signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a global commitment by retailers. In a statement, Pacific Brands said that less than 1% of their total ...