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LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... has allowed the fund to access Asian countries at a supranational level, pointing to the ADB green bond which funds wind farms in China and Thailand's first large scale private solar powered project. "There is supranational issuance and projects that ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... random. So you still have to maintain the channels to all, using the reduced water, even though the water is going past farms that aren't using their entitlements. You're not getting the benefit from the buyback because of the 50% loss. Part of that ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Actual and perceived costs and benefits of wind farms can be influenced by "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The CSIRO Energy ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... such as salinization o irrigation water because of increased incidence of extreme high sea level. The report noted that farms' GHG emissions come from three sources - fertilizers and agro-chemicals because they're manufactured using natural gas, which ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Brazilian community fund. The company also liaises with stakeholders on the visual and noise and infrasound impacts of wind farms and the impacts of hydro projects. Pacific Hydro notched up 4,744 tonnes of scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Farmer for 2012, and partners with Australian Land Management group to promote environmental sustainability on Australian farms. Over the last year, Elders staff raised more than AU$56,000 for the McGrath Foundation towards the costs of supporting rural ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... change and negative implications on renewable energy projects is very much front of mind for investors in Victorian wind farms. This year, the Victorian state government led by Premier Ted Ballieu announced amendments VC78 and VC82, which now require ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the offset takes the form of revegetation, that is also capable of generating CFI credits." Anderson also pointed to wind farms as another land-holding operation that could be used to generate credits. "There might be spare land around wind farms that ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Victoria and the Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm (66 MW) in South Australia, which is owned in a joint venture. The three wind farms have a production capacity of 304.5MW of green energy, equivalent to the energy needs of 205,000 Australian households, the ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... that will ensure that 20 percent of Australia's electricity supply will come from renewable energy sources such as wind farms and commercial solar power stations as one factor encouraging increased investment here. "Pacific Hydro's Australian development ...