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NFPs Provide $55B to Aussie Economy – ABS

Staff Reporter, Monday, 30th June 2014 - Not for Profits have contributed almost $55 billion to the Australian economy and employed more than 1 million people in 2012-2013, new figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics…

Financial Inclusion Critical for Economic Growth – NFP Report

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 19th June 2014 - If just 7 per cent of financially disadvantaged Australians were able to improve their wealth position, the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) could increase by…

Australia’s CSR Top 10

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th June 2014 - Australia’s top 10 business leaders in the Corporate Social Responsibility field have been revealed amid warnings that CSR practice in Australia is lagging. The top 10 includes…

Ignored Workers Suffer More than Bullied Workers – Study

Staff Reporter, Monday, 16th June 2014 - Being ignored at work is worse for physical and mental well-being than harassment or bullying, a recent study from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business…

One in Five Workers Alcohol Affected – NFP Report

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 11th June 2014 - One in five employees has performed their job while under the influence of alcohol, according to a new Not for Profit report. The findings from a poll conducted by the Australian Drug…

Opinion

The Future of CSR and the War of Words

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 4th June 2014 - Disputes over the meaning of CSR continue to rage, yet three key questions can be used to define approaches to the field, writes international CSR scholar Duane Windsor. Corporate…

Investors Dissatisfied with Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 4th June 2014 - Investors are significantly dissatisfied with the current level of corporate transparency and reporting of sustainability information, according to new research in the US. The…

NFP Study to Create Best Practice Benchmark Tool

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 27th May 2014 - Melbourne researchers are calling on the social sector to help create benchmarking tools for both philanthropists and Not for Profit organisations to compare their funding and…

Social Procurement Slow But Steady – Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - Social procurement is gaining momentum in Australia but is far from widespread, according to new research undertaken by Social Traders. Over 67 per cent of respondents to the survey…

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Corporate Foundations: Four Global Trends

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 21st May 2014 - New research into Corporate Foundations, the Not for Profit bodies established and funded by a company for the purposes of social and community investment, provides insight into…

Ordinary Aristocrats: Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders?

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - New research into the way Australian philanthropists are portrayed as ethical leaders in the national media has found that the portrayal reinforces social and economic inequality.…

Analysis

Creating ‘Markets for Good’ No Simple Exercise

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 8th May 2014 - Behavioural economics continues to provide fascinating insights about what drives charitable giving and shows us how it’s even more complex than we may think, writes Philanthropy…

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