Carbon farming legend Lachy Ritchie joins Kakariki Land
Known to be an absolute powerhouse in regenerative agriculture and carbon, Lachlan Ritchie was recently appointed as the founding CEO of Kakariki Land.
KKR & Co embraces Impact; raises $2.8 billion for 2nd Impact Fund
“Globally, there is increased urgency to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, such as the energy transition, supply chain resiliency, digitisation and a shortage of skilled workers.”
Australian Impact Investment Awards
The Australian Impact Investment Awards will be held tomorrow, November 30 in Sydney (and online) from 6pm AEDT.
Family Offices and Foundations step up to support CIM’s new $200M social housing fund
Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has announced first close on its $200m CIM Social Housing Fund 2 , having secured over $50m from various family offices and foundations.
Profile: Chloë Spackman
Chloë Spackman is CEO of independent think-and-do tank, Next25, which is on a mission to ensure that Australia has what it takes to make the future its people want.
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Dedicated to driving a clean transport future for a thriving planet
Transport is one of the biggest emitting sectors in any developed or developing economy. Motion Energy’s Impact Credits are a first-of-its-kind carbon credit designed to incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles at scale globally.
Australian pioneering medical technology targeting unmet patient need
Proteomics International Laboratories’ Dr Richard Lipscombe shares the good work the company is doing to address unmet medical need.
World-leading City Portrait project shows just how ‘liveable’ Melbourne really is (and could be)
How liveable is Melbourne really? In what ways are our social and environmental challenges interrelated, and how might we move beyond GDP and measure our holistic progress as a city?
Profile: David Knowles
OnImpact profiles David Knowles, Partner and Head of Philanthropy & Social Capital at Koda Capital; Chair, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
Bridging the gender gap in impact investing: empowering women decision makers
Women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions across impact investing firms. Value for Women sheds light on this gender disparity, its far-reaching consequences, and the strategic steps that can lead to a transformative change in the realm of impact investing.
Abundium’s WIM 2023: Women in Multinationals Summit
Abundium’s 2023 Women in Multinational Summit will be held on November 21 in Sydney. The summit features over a dozen world class thought leaders and multinational and not-for-profit CEOs, leveraging a collaborative design to promote peer to peer learning.
Ethics and sustainability meet creativity: Punar’s socio-environmental gift solution
Punar, an award winning ethical and sustainable gifting company, seeks to enrich the lives of women weavers in India and their communities while addressing the problem of landfill textile waste.
Minderoo sees opportunity in FarmInsect’s sustainable insect fattening systems
The Minderoo Foundation’s Strategic Impact Fund has just invested in FarmInsect, a Munich-based agritech start-up that offers a more sustainable alternative protein source for animal feed — namely black soldier fly larvae.
Profile: Elise Parups
Imagine if we could intentionally leverage the wealth and influence of the globe’s 1% to mobilise and systemically transform our most persistent and entrenched problems… imagine if we could all work together, united in our passion to protect people and planet. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that solution?
Koda Capital asks: how do you incorporate responsible investing?
A first of its kind survey designed to learn more about the for-purpose sector’s attitude to responsible and impact investment. The survey, which is open until November 20, is being conducted by Koda Capital.
Hotel Etico’s success prompts talk of expansion
Andrea Comastri, CEO & Co-founder of Hotel Etico Australia — Australia’s first social enterprise hotel — says the time is right to talk expansion of the program, which provides employment and independent living opportunities to young people with disability, helping them achieve their independence goals.
Purpose 2023: “Australia’s most anticipated purpose-driven business conference”
On November 8-9, Purpose will hold its biggest and most important conference yet with more world class speakers, boundary pushing ideas and life changing connections. Purpose is realising a future where ethical, sustainable and purpose-driven business practice is the new normal.
