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Organisation: Pro Bono Australia

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Impact Investing Potential A World Changer

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - International keynote speaker Durreen Shahnaz has hailed impact investing for its potential to change the world to an Australian audience of top social finance experts at the Social Marketplace conference in Sydney recently.

‘Super’ Opportunity for Funds to Make a Difference

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - A lure to draw cautious Australian superannuation funds to the impact investment space is an opportunity to align members’ values and actively contribute to the communities in which they live, new research suggests. Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds…

B Corps’ Big Voice

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - Pro Bono Australia’s Corporate Community News quizzes the passionate representatives of seven Australian B Corporations on the value of the certification and the public’s reaction to it, in the first of this two part series.

Emerging Trends in Workplace Giving

Hot Topic

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - New US research reveals a workplace giving culture transformed by technology, branding and the arrival of millennials in the workforce. Margaret Smith from the Australian Charities Fund helps assess the value in embracing these new trends.

Compassion Through Fashion

Spotlight

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - In this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise, journalist Nadia Boyce unravels how one growing social enterprise is using fashion to generate jobs for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Isolation Hindering Sustainability Integration – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - A lack of communication between isolated sustainability professionals and their corporate colleagues is emerging as a major barrier to greater integration of sustainability, new global research suggests.

How Collective Impact Can Help Place-Based Policies

Opinion

Impact

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - A Collective Impact approach can help achieve the intended community outcomes of the ‘Better Futures, Local Solutions’ place-based-policies introduced by the former Labor Government, according to Australian social change advocates Dawn O’Neil AM and Kerry Graham.

The QLD Social Enterprise Council

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th November 2013 - Australia’s first representative council for social enterprises has hit the ground running since its official launch in September.

Investment Bank Launches Social Impact Fund

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th November 2013 - Global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has launched a $250 million social impact fund - one of the first US impact investing vehicles to be sponsored by a major financial institution.

Social Impact Measurement – What’s in it for Corporates?

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Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th November 2013 - The corporate sector needs to understand and communicate the social value they create or destroy to stakeholders who are taking increasing levels of interest in a corporate’s social impact, writes Anna Scott, a Founding member of the Social Impact Measurement Network Australia.

?GRI Goes Digital

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th November 2013 - The world’s largest sustainability reporting framework has released a free online tool to help companies track their progress and enhance their reporting.

Aussie Aid Agencies Respond To Typhoon Haiyan

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 12th November 2013 - Australian Aid agencies are rushing to help their international counterparts to assist the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

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Articles:

‘Super’ Opportunity for Funds to Make a Difference

?GRI Goes Digital

Aussie Aid Agencies Respond To Typhoon Haiyan

We’re not your average jobs board