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AGL opens Nyngan, Broken Hill solar plants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
AGL has officially opened its Nyngan and Broken Hill solar plants - Australia's largest utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (photo courtesy AGL) The Nyngan plant became operational in July 2015 and Broken ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... deepen this work of integrating natural capital considerations into our work." Supporters include Bloomberg LP and the Convention on Biological Diversity Earlier this year, VicSuper become signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration, the first Australian ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... that have endorsed the commitments. The We Mean Business Coalition is expected to be recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on its NAZCA web portal, and will be tabled at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), starting ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
AGL Energy is adopting new commitments as part of the CDP-led We Mean Business Coalition. AGL will adopt responsible corporate engagement on climate policy, will report climate change engagement on climate policy, and align with the UN Global Compact's ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s Vote Your Super initiative will rally support for resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... defined by the United Nations (UN). This can include, for example, excluding companies that would contravene the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions, but also screening primarily based on ESG criteria developed through international bodies such as the ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Responsible investment assets reached AU$630 billion in assets, while core responsible investment assets reached AU$31.6 billion in 2014, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) benchmark report. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is lodging resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation activities, among other ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... establish a joint platform for investor action," said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. "Ahead of the UN climate change conference in Paris, cities, regions, companies and investors must continue ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Pictured from left: Nick Nuttall (moderator), head of communications and outreach and spokesperson for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact; Helge Lund, CEO of Statoil; Jose Manuel ...