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Mirvac partners with YWCA NSW for social enterprise HQ cafe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... committed to acting in a sustainable way and thinking creatively about how we invest in our communities to create social impact," said Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, said Mirvac CEO and managing director. "Our new headquarters at 200 George Street provided an ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... impacts. Superannuation fund HESTA made its first investment in the affordable housing space earlier this year, via its Social Impact Investment a trust, managed by Social Ventures Australia. HESTA is the $33 billion dollar industry superannuation fund ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government will fund a program to pilot social impact bonds (SIBs). Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... million in a portfolio replicating this index, a certain amount could be attributed to sustainable environmental or social impact." The metrics are the basis for the MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index, which has begun to attract attention in the retail ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of organisations including Good Shepherd Microfinance, EY, Centre for Social Impact (CSI), and the Australian government has launched the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program. FIAPs are intended to commit organisations to coordinated ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... and goods rental "actually made a difference for the credit services available to lower income Australians = real social impact," among other comments, according to ESG RA. ESG RA received nomination for 22 pieces of research conducted during 2015. ESG ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... sector on this." The money for the Social Investment Grants is derived from the revenue generated from the bank's Social Impact Deposit Account product, Cairns said. "Out of the SIDA initiative, we generate our social impact capability which underwrites ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... and instilling a sense of place. "In Mirvac's case we're talking about an organisation that is trying to consider social impact and benefit not from community investment/intervention programs, but the core services and product of the business," said ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... not-for-profits and individuals. The survey found that active impact investors "expect well-documented evidence of social impact; many also indicated they seek third-party verification of impact and/or reporting that aligns with global standards." Those ...

Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... work out what we have - we do a lot of work around world, and this is another example. We have launched our second social impact bond in the US. It's something that we've seen a lot of interest in from Australia. What we have done with impact investing ...