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Combet announces phase-out of solar credit mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... multiplier were big power companies, not the Australian small businesses and households installing and purchasing solar panels. People buying solar systems receive the lower market price for certificates, but power companies are able to pass on the higher ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Report during CarbonExpo in Melbourne this week. "That had been trending very high for a long time, many years, and many people felt an obligation to report carbon as a risk knowing it was coming one day without understanding how it would impact on them. ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... to be," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero, speaking from the CarbonExpo conference in Melbourne. "When I'm talking to people, it's a different debate we're having. It's a debate of, well is Europe going to set aside 1.2bn credits. If they do, the price ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... convergence of good design - good passive design with good technologies and good systems, but lastly with good behaviour, where people understand the buildings and understand the relationships with them." The white paper also looks to the potential of ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reconciliation action plan (RAP), which was started in 2009 with commitments aimed at increasing employment for Aboriginal people. The number of self-identified aboriginal employees rose from a total of 1,012 people in 2011 to 1,164 in 2012. There were ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Sistas, a social enterprise which has bought a former tourism business and turned it into low-cost accommodation service for people coming to Cairns for health services, as well as crisis accommodation for the homeless. The money has gone towards the ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... behind where we thought we'd be, just in terms of assets," he said. "In our initial forecasting, we said we would need four people a week to roll over $25,000 to meet our initial targets. We get two to four members a week, but those people haven't accumulated ...

More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... period and 1263 in the second comment period. Feedback was also provided during GRI-held workshops around the world - 470 people attended 19 workshops in the 2011 comment period and 1768 people attended 49 workshops during the second period. There were ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Report. "What investors are looking for is not AAA - there is too much AAA. It's negative money these days in Europe. What people are looking for is A and AA. If you think about those three things, here's a demand for A and AA at the moment amongst insurers ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... program. The loan will provide funds for EDV to provide community-based early intervention and ongoing support services to people with eating disorders and their families. EDV said the new service will "facilitate an additional 840 counseling sessions." ...