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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Minderoo Foundation has appointed Kristen Stevenson executive director of effective philanthropy. The Australian charity, established by the Fortescue Metals Group founder, has long put ESG at the forefront of its strategy ...

Green moves: CSIRO, Ethinvest, Social Enterprise Australia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... a way that is sector-led," she said. "At the English Family Foundation, we always seek to understand the role of philanthropy in systems change within the social enterprise sector. We look at how we can best add value," Morrissey concluded. The incoming ...

Macquarie, Westpac invest in social enterprise fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... growth in this sector. Social enterprises often struggle to secure the capital they need when they want it because philanthropy operates on a different timeline," Daniels said. "The SELF intends to change that. If you are ready for investment, the SELF ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... 2515 Community Pilot with $5.4 million in ARENA funding, raised around $6 million from US and Australian climate philanthropy and announced $2 billion in federal and state funding for electrification and upgrades. Cass will now be taking some time off ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... real zero requires clear timelines and an end to reliance on carbon offsets. Blair Palese, director of Ethinvest Philanthropy and founder of the Climate Capital Forum warned that Australia must "lead in the global net zero market" amid US political uncertainty. ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... worth of data, unveiling insights into the philanthropic and charity sectors. In a special edition of its annual philanthropy insights report, the wealth manager said despite incremental changes in funding across some sectors, overarching trends have ...

Podcast: Impact investing vs philanthropy - UN SDGs with Read Taylor Price

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
After 20 years of progress, we are now seeing rising inequality and poverty reaching levels not seen in a century, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In response, there's been an uptick in demand for companies to report ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... organisations to help achieve Goal 15 (Life on Land). Instead of investing, some may choose to leverage the power of philanthropy - particularly effective for poverty alleviation. "Our industry is in a relatively privileged position, both economically ...

Podcast: Can the market solve climate change? Climate finance with Blair Palese

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... ultimate question: can the market solve climate change? To answer this, we are joined by Blair Palese, director of philanthropy at Ethinvest, Australia's oldest ethical investment firm. Blair is also the founder of Climate Capital Forum, the global ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... separate report from the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN) has found that climate and environmental philanthropy rose from $148 million in 2018 to $270 m in 2021. "It's likely the Australian statistics were significantly impacted ...
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