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01/03/2016
Social Impact Bonds
Social impact investments seek to deliver both financial and social returns. Social impact bonds are a form of social impact investment which use a debt or loan…
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01/12/2015
Paris Climate Change
The recent UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) saw 195 countries pledge to keep temperature increase “well below” 2 degrees Celsius and pu…
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01/09/2015
Recycling - Where are we today?
The practice of industrial recycling can be traced back to 1815 when an Australian paper mill first started recycling rags to make paper. Australia’s firs…
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01/06/2015
Disruptive Business
Elon Musk created a lot of excitement recently with the announcement that his company ‘Tesla’ will go into production of the new Tesla battery which…
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01/03/2015
Corruption and Bribery
As a result of host countries introducing stricter regulation and penalties on corporate corruption, incidents and allegations of corrupt practices in corporate…
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01/12/2014
Shareholder Engagement & Corporate Responsibility
In the most part Australian companies are no longer evaluated just on their financial performance. If corporate responsibility is also about minimising negative…
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01/09/2014
Renewable Energy Targets
Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) came in to the spotlight in August following the Warburton review commissioned by the government. The RET was in…
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01/06/2014
Jump on board the Fossil Fuel Free Campaign
The recent traction helping this issue gain ground warrants a further update on the theme of Fossil Fuel Divestment for this Ethical Spotlight.Today we can trac…
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01/03/2014
Fossil Fuel Free Investment Portfolios
Ethical Investment Services offers fossil fuel free portfolio options, and has done for many years. This is consistent with the widely agreed goal that we need …
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01/12/2013
Unburnable Carbon & Fossil Fuel Divestment
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) released their fifth assessment report in November 2013. With a high degree of confidence the report summa…