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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... communities and matches private investment. SEDIF has selected three fund managers to administer the fund - Foresters Community Finance Funds, Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) and Social Ventures Australia - Social Impact Fund. Another area ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... clients feel more financially literate and confident in managing their finances. The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ( ) came on board with NAB and Good Shepherd Microfinance in 2010. Currently, StepUP Loans ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... responsibility performance globally and within sectors. The CR Index scores companies against areas of corporate strategy, community management, environmental management, marketplace management, workplace management, environmental impact and social impact. ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... is about providing useful information for companies, investors and society at large - much demanded by the investor community. Companies that already publish information on their financial and non-financial performances take a longer term perspective ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... there are social and governance risks to consider. Producers' social licence to operate has been impacted by the low community cooperation of some players in the Australian market. Public debate has become polarised by the experience of CSG, and campaigns ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... manager, corporate responsibility and sustainability at Stockland, for a newly created role that will "bring together the community and sustainability teams" at Westpac, Ewings said. "Community and sustainability hadn't been structurally in the same ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Gales will start on 2April and comes to SEFA having formerly worked as a director at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and has also worked in NSW Treasury, in venture capital in the US and UK, and in the UK Treasury. He steps in as ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... that they were a well-established manger of funds with a public personality and a member of the responsible investment community. In the interview process I learned a few more things that were quite impressive - it's got a very strong board with a chairman ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Additional government funding will allow Community Sector Banking to extend loans to hundreds more people in Queensland and northern New South Wales, according to Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking's executive director. Peter Quarmby, Community ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has extended its Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) contract with the federal government and received an additional AU$448,800 in pilot funding. Community Sector Banking is a specialist banking provider for the ...