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Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... company with interests in shares, coal mining, distribution and retail of pharmaceutical products and manufacture of building products. An investor in SOL for almost 20 years, Perpetual has been raising corporate governance concerns with the company ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
While 80% of superannuation funds have told research firm SuperRatings that they believe they have a responsibility to operate sustainably, only 20-30% of those respondents measure and report energy, waste and water usage regularly. In their annual ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... national community banking manager at bankmecu. "Foresters have built up a really strong reputation in the community asset building space, assisting community organisations to build their expertise so they can better use their financial resources to ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... far, to continuously adapt to disruptive changes to the environment. GE's Eco-imagination is a change process that is building a set of capabilities and organizational design around sustainable innovation, yielding some breakthrough products and business ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... evidence of pre-approved finance for upgrades before they receive funding. See Also: LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... generate carbon credits under the government's carbon pricing regime. The projects were funded under the Biochar Capacity Building Program, a part of the Government's Carbon Farming Initiative. James Cook University was granted AU143,079 for a project ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... The firm reported a number of environmental accomplishments to The Sustainability Report, including increasing their building's NABERS rating from 3 to 4.5, revegetating a 40 metre section along the Brisbane River and diverting over 9 tonnes of waste ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia has been sold for AU$12.25m, representing a 17% internal rate of return (IRR). O'Connell's OBM House, an office building at 26 Wharf Street, was sold by Harvest Property and the Harvest Denison Opportunity Fund, the owners and managers. Harvest ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... which include commercial offices and shopping centres, awarded the top 6- star NABERS environmental rating in 2011. Its building at 76 Berry St, North Sydney, considered to be the lowest emission office building in Australia, has also committed to achieve ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... controls, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, voltage regulation devices and power factor correction equipment, building management system optimisation and replacement, real time energy and water monitoring for buildings, refrigeration, boilers ...