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Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... classes, spice trade, and events. The grant was used to train women in the cooking school, and to help them secure employment. "It's great to see cooks build their confidence," says Loretta Bolotin, co-founder of Free to Feed. "Many of the cooks ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... the double dividend, particularly in the built environment of where it stacks up on a risk adjusted basis, creates employment, and that's something that's particularly attractive as the fund representing building and construction workers." The investment ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... not only impact the companies that super funds invest in, but also impact on the accumulation of superannuation as employment patterns change. The Morgan Stanley report cites studies by Oxford University and the OECD that estimate "up to 47% of jobs ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... utilization of various labor funds, including the Labor Pension Fund, the Labor Retirement Fund,the Labor Insurance Fund, the Employment Insurance Fund, the Overdue Wages Payment Fund and the Occupation Incidents Protection Fund," according to BLF's ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... particularly energy and telecommunications costs, as well and low wage growth. There is also increasing uncertainty around employment creating the reality of financial stress."

CEFC commits $30 million to Coleambally Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... South Wales," said Monique Miller, CEFC's large-scale solar lead. "As well as driving lower emissions and regional employment, these investments are delivering renewable energy to large population centres." The Coleambally Solar Farm is five kilometres ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... delivered "using a trauma-informed model with assertive intensive support including helping to build skills for pathways to employment, training, education and volunteering, and ultimately fostering independence," Sacred Heart Mission said. Housing has ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... social impact in Australia, SVA said. Oppes cited the example of STREAT, an organisation which provides training and employment opportunities to at-risk youth as the type of organisation that SVA would look to target with the SVA Diversified Impact fund. ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment in Social Enterprise program recently helped secure $600,000 to support Tanna Coffee in Vanuatu, increasing employment in a region devastated by Tropical Cyclone Pam two years ago." A tender process to manage the EMIIF will commence shortly ...

Social Ventures Australia launches Diversified Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Social Impact Fund, which is being wound down. The Social Impact Fund was seeded through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) AU$20 million Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established ...