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Skill Diversity Contributes to an Effective Board

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 - Building an effective board is a key challenge faced by social startups and skill diversity may be the solution, according to Alan Castleman of the Board Advisory Group.

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Go Slow to Go Fast – A Mantra for Getting Started with Collective Impact

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 - As the field of Collective Impact grows in Australia many communities and causes are grappling with the challenge of getting started writes Dawn O’Neil and Kerry Graham, Principal Consultants at Collective Impact Australia.

Analysis

Reporting ‘Misrepresents’ Business Sustainability: Study

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 - CSR experts weigh in on new research revealing prominent Australian companies could be inflating their adherence to corporate social responsibility guidelines in this piece first published on The Conversation.

Indigenous Co Secures Social Investment Funding

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd April 2014 - An Indigenous company, Iman Operations, has secured a $800,000 impact investment funding package from Social Ventures Australia (SVA) to enable the company to deliver on a multi-million dollar cleaning contract.

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Using Your Entrepreneurial Hat

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th April 2014 - Not for Profits are looking more and more into innovative ways to improve income streams, one of which is through social enterprise. The presentation “Let’s Talk Business”, as part of the Givewell Forum for Purpose, looked at how NFPs can succe

Spotlight

Hi-Tech for the Lo-Fi

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th April 2014 - A charity old-timer has gone hi-tech and turned the op shop model on its head, writes Nadia Boyce in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.

ASX Governance Guidelines Go Green

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th April 2014 - All Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed companies will be required to disclose their environmental, social and economic risks or explain why they haven’t under revised Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Aus Inquiry Urged to Promote Social Investment

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th April 2014 - Social sector advocates are urging the Federal Government to look at new ways to promote social investment in Australia as part of its inquiry into the financial system.

Standing up for Social Change

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th April 2014 - Social entrepreneur Jamie Green will host a very unique display when he stands inside a Perspex box for 24 hours straight in an effort to raise $24,000 to launch his sleepwear brand, One Night Stand on Friday, April 11.

Aussie Banks Named In World’s Most Ethical List

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th March 2014 - An Australian mutual bank serving the education sector, Teachers Mutual Bank, along with banking giants Westpac and NAB have been named in a line-up of the 2014 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

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