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Own your financial future project

Contributor, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -  A new grant-funded project aims to demystify basic investment and financial concepts and empower women over 55 to have conversations with their partners, children and financial advisers, writes Silvana Eccles, national education and operations manager at Australian Shareholders Association.

Local business saves 85,000 single-use bowls

Contributor, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -  Next time you eat takeaway food in Melbourne, enjoy your meal in a returnable stainless steel bowl designed by a local business that City of Melbourne supported with a small business grant. 

Four steps to becoming a diversity and inclusion advocate in your workplace

Contributor, Monday, 5th August 2019 -  We’re becoming better aware that diversity and inclusion can be an issue in the places we work. But as individuals, what can we do to identify problems, and find solutions?

Lead the way towards wellbeing

Contributor, Thursday, 1st August 2019 -  MacKillop Family Services is hosting a two-day conference as part of its commitment to support children, young people and families to heal from adversity. 

Making money, doing good: The growth of impact investment

Contributor, Thursday, 1st August 2019 -  As the impact investment sector expands, new and improved measurement is helping to bring the practice into the financial mainstream. 

The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators

Opinion

Contributor, Wednesday, 31st July 2019 -  What we know from whistleblowers and investigative journalists – and most pointedly not from regulatory activity – is that Australia’s biggest and most prominent gambling operators regularly flaunt regulation, and apparently get away with it, writes Associate Professor Charles Livingstone, in this article first published in The Conversation.

What purpose-driven team practices really look like

Contributor, Tuesday, 30th July 2019 -  Innovative not for profits are shaping the future of work. Want to learn and experience how? Purpose at Work and Wellbeing Teams will share how you can implement innovative ways of working to attract, engage and retain your workforce on 9 September in Melbourne.

My Story – Maria da Graca Guerreiro

Contributor, Tuesday, 30th July 2019 -  Rita Mu speaks with Maria da Graca Guerreiro about why she chose to leave money to ChildFund in her will and how she is hoping her own decision will inspire others to do the same.

Resilience, mental health and masculinity – Talking Sticks national tour to transform the conversation

Contributor, Thursday, 25th July 2019 -  Crises can and do hit families all the time. In order to shine a light on what it truly takes to live, and love after loss, Talking Sticks is hosting Cameron and Sam Bloom, who will share their story and explain what kept their family together after their lives were turned upside down.

Income recognition template designed for not for profits

Contributor, Thursday, 25th July 2019 -  HLB shares a new template to help not for profits comply with complex new accounting standards and find a process to determine how and when to recognise income.

Purpose-driven investment for purpose-driven organisations: The case for ethical investing

Contributor, Tuesday, 16th July 2019 -  Whatever the future holds, ethical investing will continue to increase its impact. In this article, Mathew Browning, U Ethical chief executive officer, answers three common questions about investing ethically.

Everything and therefore nothing: Why we must reject the ‘impact’ investors adding nothing new

Opinion

Contributor, Monday, 15th July 2019 -  Impact investing is about so much more than good intentions and transactional impact measurement – it’s about supporting genuine social innovation and taking risks to help a new project to thrive, just like in venture capital, says Luciano Balbo, private equity entrepreneur and founder of Italy’s first venture philanthropy foundation and Italy’s first impact fund.
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