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Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... no-interest loans (NILS), which are administered by Good Money, and StepUP low-interest loans,, which are administered by NAB. The CSI survey's conclusions reflects a slight decrease in the number of Australians that are financially excluded - last year's ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Shepherd Microfinance is equal to $2.68 for every dollar invested, according to a report by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Of the 500 StepUP loan recipients that were surveyed by CSI, 73.6% of respondents ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Seven out of ten Australians have identified looking after their finances as a top priority for 2013, and a majority say that it is important that their investments are aligned with their personal values, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... institutions in Australia and internationally. Hems comes to Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute from the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), where he was director of research. He has spent the past 20 years "undertaking a range of major initiatives that ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Government organisations are not effectively communicating sustainability-related issues to stakeholders, according to a survey of Australian-based sustainability management personnel, consultants and commentators. Stephen Hale According to the survey ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Australia's infrastructure is not equipped to handle more frequent, extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change, with the electricity, road and rail and financial services sector underprepared, according to a report from The Climate Institute. ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has awarded AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Actual and perceived costs and benefits of wind farms can be influenced by "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The CSIRO Energy ...