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Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... demonstrate 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

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
As companies and organisations look to manage their material sustainability factors, the issue of a sustainably managed and motivated workforce is coming to the forefront. While occupational health and safety issues are routinely managed and reported ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is rated as performing in the top quartile of global investment managers for five of the six UNPRI principles, and the firm has reaffirmed its commitment to leadership in integrating ESG considerations ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon 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. ...

David Green named Clean Energy Council CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has hired David Green as its new chief executive officer. Green was the founding chief executive of the UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy (UKBCSE) from 2001 to the start of this year, and is an executive director ...

CSA warns on timing of undirected proxy vote legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... the existing Consumer Credit Bill, which has been granted the highest priority that can be afforded to a bill," Ripoll's office said. "This signals the Government's strong commitment to address this issue as a priority. The government understands CSA's ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Remuneration reports have become overly long and filled with legal jargon that is not easily understood, said Peter Morgan, founder of 452 Capital. Speaking at the Ownership Matters governance conference in Melbourne, Morgan told an audience of investors ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 this rating without the use of GreenPower renewable energy. At the Australian ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... putting a strain on cash flow," said John DeLano, FlexiGroup managing director and CEO. "[B]y upgrading your traditional office overhead fluorescent T8 tubes to energy saving T5 tubes, you can reduce your lighting energy consumption by 50%, and through ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Integrated reporting could act as a "steadying arm" to the invisible hand of the free market, said Jane Diplock, director, Singapore Exchange. Speaking at the Australian Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Conference on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting ...