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Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... who ultimately pays the carbon price will no doubt want to make sure they receive a rebate or a refund for that. For utilities, the ultimate consumer will be you or I. So it will be a question of how that is unwound - a refund or a rebate? How will that ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Association (EPIA), Wolfeaware, and the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII). "Certification will be most useful for utilities and banks looking to issue corporate bonds where the proceeds are then allocated to solar assets," Kidney said in a statement ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... earnings are highly leveraged to cooper Basin. Woodside, Santos, and AWE would have around a 2% benefit to DCP. In the utilities market, the repeal of the carbon scheme will see a reduction in prices in electricity as the carbon cost implicit in the ...

Graham Dooley new president of Australian Water Association

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... 40 companies and organisations, including Water Australia, the Water Industry Alliance of South Australia, the United Utilities Australia group of companies, Macarthur Water Pty Ltd and Riverland Water Pty Ltd. He is also an independent board member ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Landcom, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Queensland Urban Utilities, Mainroads Western Australia, Melbourne City Council, and the ABC. GRI Focal Point Australia is advocating for policies on consistent ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... and also as a senior policy advisor to the Victorian deputy premier, investment banker in Macquarie Bank's energy and utilities team and a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques. She is a member of the Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Advisory Board ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... AGIF targets growth oriented infrastructure investments in India and China in sectors such as transportation, energy/utilities, telecommunications and urban infrastructure. AGIF is also invested in a gas distribution franchise in China, a road developer ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and consumer discretionary sectors notably have the highest frequency of labour rights controversies. The materials, utilities and energy sectors, as well as the telecommunications and industrials sectors also had both high frequency of labour rights ...