| | | NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government have launched an AU$7.8m retail project to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. |
| | | | bankmecu and Foresters Community Finance, in conjunction with the Victorian government, have entered into a partnership by which the bank will provide loans to help community based organisations buy their own property. |
| | | | Local Government Super (LGS) has conducted a carbon and ESG audit of its equity portfolios and found that while domestic Australian equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. |
| | | | Saleem Ali has been appointed director to the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), which is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland. |
| | | | Australian companies are exposed to risks stemming from human rights issues, and should be aware of international laws and frameworks creating obligations or pressure to set, implement and monitor human rights policies. |
| | | | Westpac Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Benevolent Society have been selected by the New South Wales (NSW) government to trial an AU$10m social benefit bond - a financing vehicle that will fund a program to assist at-risk families. |
| | | | James Gifford is the executive director of the UNPRI. He is currently in Australia and met with The Sustainability Report to talk about PRI's progress, its future plans, the challenges to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist ... |
| | | | A coalition of investors from 12 countries, including Statewide Super and New Zealand Superannuation Fund, have contacted 118 UN Global Compact (UNGC) companies on the issue of increased reporting on environmental, social and governance activities. |
| | | | GPT Group reported reductions in energy and water consumption as well as reductions in staff turnover and employee injuries, against a backdrop of realised operating income of AU$438.8m and net profit after tax of AU$246.2m, down from AU$707.3m in 2010. |
| | | | Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia, a multi-party organisation made up of human rights, aid, faith-based and environmental organisations, is pressing for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to ... |
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