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Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... there is too much instability in the market and this has no doubt been a major factor in its decision-making process." Policy uncertainty is a risk factor that impacts on the availablity and cost of capital for investment in renewable energy projects ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... expertise, such as carbon accounting and environmental metrics, social impact measurement, stakeholder engagement, economics and policy analysis. "It will roughly stay as it is," Neil said. "There are some opportunities to do some rethinking, but we're ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... manage and report on sustainability as a broader way of looking at business performance," said Amir Ghandar, CPA Australia policy adviser auditing and assurance. "There's a very well established assurance framework that has been primarily applied to ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Forum in Sydney in 1999. Josh will contribute regular analysis of trends and events in sustainable business, finance and policy. Over the past five years, even through the GFC, institutional investors have increasingly accepted the value of strong ESG ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... "There's a clear business case to the consistent accounting of water," said Chris McCombe, assistant director - environmental policy at MCA. "There's a clear environment and social case as it relates to communication of water use and improving water ...

Fiona Reynolds to take PRI managing director role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation. She will start in February 2013. "James as executive director will be responsible for the academic research/policy side of things and will have more time to focus on that side of things," Reynolds said. "I will be responsible for the organisation's ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... (IGCC) have called upon the governments of the world's largest economies to engage in a new dialogue on climate change policy ahead of the international climate negotiations in Doha. IGCC, along with the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can analyse hedge fund managers and strategies with an eye to improving governance and values alignment in line with the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion papers on hedge funds ...

ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has created a hydroelectric power policy so that the bank can align its lending practices with best practices regarding issues such as water quality and working with communities that might be impacted by infrastructure development. The bank ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... will be some form of compensation for the CUs they purchase, which at this stage appears unlikely under the Opposition's policy." The Ernst & Young report noted that even if the Coalition takes over the reins of government, they may not have a balance ...