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Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
In the year since the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Australia's Big Four banks have been mapping their performance against these goals and which goals are relevant to their business strategies. The SDGs came into ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The NZ$30 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has adopted a climate change investment risk strategy that they will apply across their entire portfolio. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of responsible investment, NZ Super NZ Super has developed ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
AllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned and operated company, is implementing a strategy to place solar panel and battery storage systems in remote, off-grid Indigenous communities in Australia. AllGrid Energy, which launched last year as a partnership ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
In the run up to the upcoming fourth auction for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), the Clean Energy Regulator has encouraged the registration of waste management projects for participation in future auctions. Michelle Bruce, manager at the Clean Energy ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates is stepping down from the position. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Yates has worked as CEO since the CEFC was founded in 2013. The CEFC board has now commenced a CEO ...

ARENA grants $18m to Queensland combined wind, solar, storage project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed up to AU$18 million for a project combining solar, wind and battery storage to be built in North Queensland. The AU$18 million is in the form of recoupable grant funding for a Windlab and ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank have launched an AU$100 million Energy Efficient Equipment Finance program for Australian businesses. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The new finance program ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Diversified property group Stockland reported an 84% residential liveability score, an 83% employee satisfaction score and achieved a green start performance portfolio rating for 22 of retail centres in 2016 against a statutory profit of AU$889 million ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited has invested AU$450,000 to install solar panels and LED lights across all its owned buildings. Teachers Mutual has installed 612 solar panels and 1,825 LED lights, which is expected to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by28% ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Impax Asset Management has calculated that its Specialists Strategy produces net carbon reductions of 11,200 tonnes of CO2 per £10 million (AU$17 million) invested in 2015. Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, managing director and co-head of listed equities, Impax ...