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Foresters Community Finance starts social entrepreneur fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has launched a fund aimed at providing financing for early stage social enterprises. The Early Stage Social Enterprise Fund is geared towards providing social enterprise entrepreneurs with access to capital for improving ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... a negative impact on their business. "There is an overwhelming support for action on climate change in the business community," said Andrew Petersen, a spokesman for Businesses for a Clean Economy, CEO of Sustainable Business Australia. "A long term-price ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and are relatively narrowly defined within the REIT sector, J.P. Morgan said. REITs generally have established formal community engagement plans to impact positively on local community and "there is a broad volume of evidence to suggest REITs understand ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... suburban and regional centres beyond the current reach of the program. The EEIG program is designed to work with SMEs and community organisations to make informed decisions about energy efficiency. Viatek, a technology solutions provider to regional ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... for data on how they manage water-related risks including flooding, water shortage, poor water quality, regulation, community opposition and higher water costs. Of that 57, 36 responded, and 92% identified substantive water-related risks that could reduce ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... business in an environmentally responsible manner, and by leveraging the unique power of our platform and our NYSE Euronext community, we empower learning and collaboration within the broader corporate sector." In 2012, NYSE Euronext achieved carbon-neutral ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible investment down into five categories - screening of investments, sustainability themed investing, impact/community investing, integration of ESG factors and corporate engagement and shareholder action. ESG integration is the dominant method ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the market as a whole. Greenfleet believes that it is very important to provide assurance to our supporters, to the community and to the market, that the offsets we generate meet a recognised standard and that they can be independently verified." Greenfleet ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
LUCRF Super has launched its Community Property Trust (CPT) in South Australia and has selected four community organisations as partners. The Zebra Finch Aboriginal Men's Group and (l-r) CPT Trustee Sr Leone Whittmack, CPT Chair Hon Monica Gould, Senator ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... facing and we can provide information into what the aspects of ethical sourcing might be, plus we work with the local community based organisations to actually get additional intelligence," Szoke said. "That should be seen as a useful mechanism for companies ...