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Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... director Metcash denies making an active move to buy poker machines, calling it incompatible with their company values as a community member, but media reports were enough to cause reaction from individual shareholders, grassroots community organisation ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Center Institute (IRRCI). "The findings are somewhat counter intuitive to what one would expect from the university community," said Jon Lukomnik, IRRC Institute executive director. "Historically, endowments were ground-breaking institutional investors ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... have to decide how to vote on a social issue that impacts on Woolworths' reputation and its bottom line. Grassroots community organisation GetUp organised the push for an EGM. To bring an EGM, there must be a call from 100 shareholders or 5% of the total ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Ed. note: substantially updated throughout with comment from Valda Wheeler, SIA Foresters Community Finance subsidiary Social Investment Australia (SIA) has launched a new fund offering financing to non-profits seeking to buy property. SIA has launched ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... subsidiaries, affiliates, joint-ventures and other holdings and country-by-country reporting on basic financial data and community contributions," according to the report. "Multinational corporations can and must play a significant role in the global ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... facility has received AU$225,913 in Low Carbon Australia finance and a AU$369,582 grant from the federal government's Community Energy Efficiency Program towards an AU$739,163 project. The shire will upgrade Cardina Life's heating, ventilation and air ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... International Approaches to Policy and Decision-making, which looks at global issues facing government, business and the broader community around managing water resources. The book was jointly funded and commissioned by the main accounting bodies in ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Cairns, said Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis in a statement announcing the loan. SEFA and Foresters Community Finance's Social Enterprise Solutions brand are the two fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... have developed micro-lending, traineeships, and financial literacy programmes, as well as partnering with Indigenous community and civil society groups to achieve the outcomes. Glen Brennan, head of Indigenous finance and development at National Australia ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... The number of complaints to media watchdogs has gone up, and it's in their best interest to explain to the investor community in general where they stand on ethics. The stakes have never been as high as they have been at the moment." The lack of disclosure ...