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Charities Wrongfully Denied Bank Loans

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 3rd February 2016 -  Australia’s charity regulator and the government’s financial watchdog have partnered to urge banks to change the way they interact with charities after hundreds of them were denied loans and other financial assistance. The Australian Charities…

NFP Super Fund Governance Review Must Put Members ‘First’

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 -  Giving members of Not for Profit superannuation funds the right to vote trustee directors in or out and hold them accountable will mean better governance outcomes for the funds, according to a Governance Institute of…

Changemaker

A Life of Service

Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -  A recipient of an Australia Day 2016 honour, Diana Abdel-Rahman has spent most of her life volunteering for the community. Abdel-Rahman is this week’s Changemaker. She spoke to Xavier Smerdon.

Shane Warne Closes Controversial Foundation

Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 29th January 2016 -  Controversial former cricketer Shane Warne has announced that he will be shutting down his charitable foundation following months of negative attention.

Spotlight

Give Tanks for Community

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 -  Slowing the advancement of climate change and protecting fossil fuel reliant jobs could be considered mutually exclusive aims, but one cooperative is determined to take on both issues, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterpri

NFP Transforms to ‘Social Benefit Company’

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 -  Crowdfunding platform Chuffed.org has announced its transition from a Not for Profit to a “social benefit company”, which the organisation has called a new structure for social enterprise in Australia. Chuffed was launched in October…

Opinion

Assessing Social Enterprise Impact – Are We Looking at the Right Stuff?

Alan Kay, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 -   
How can social enterprises ensure they are maximising their social and environmental impact? Alan Kay, coordinator of the UK’s Social Audit Network, explores “social accounting” tools for the growing Australian good-business sector. With the

Corporations Dominated by Men – HeForShe Campaign

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 -  While men comprise 60 per cent of the general workforce they hold 95 per cent of CEO positions in the world’s largest corporations, according to the UN Women’s inaugural HeForShe Corporate Parity report. Released at…

Australian Corporations Rise in Global Sustainability Ranking

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 - 
Five Australian companies have been ranked in the top 100 most sustainable businesses in the world, including the big four banks. The Commonwealth Bank secured the number four position in the 2016 Global 100 index,

Corporate Leaders to Study Future of Global Financial System

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 27th January 2016 - 
A group of eight leaders in global finance and economics who met at the World Economic Forum  in Davos, Switzerland have agreed to join a high-level taskforce focused on the future of the global financial
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