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Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Vast Solar has started construction on a 6MW concentrating solar thermal (CST) pilot project in New South Wales, a first of its kind Australian project. The Jemalong Solar Thermal Station will include three hours' thermal storage, which should enable ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Increased environmental and social activism by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the rising importance of human and labour rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
ASX listed companies in water-sensitive sectors are more likely to be exposed to near-term water risks than global peers, but only 46% of those ASX companies disclosed information to the CDP for its Australia Water Report 2013. Graphic courtesy of CDP ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
There are still more than three million Australian adults that are fully or severely excluded from financial products, lending weight to the argument for greater investment in microfinance in Australia, according to Good Shepherd Microfinance. Good ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
( Ed. note: substantially updated with comment from Martin Doyle, executive chairman, Iman Operations) Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous cleaning company based in Queensland that ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The World Bank has issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. Mark Goddard, executive director, head of debt securities, Westpac Institutional Bank ...

Green Bond Principles jumps to 25 banking supporters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bond - nearly doubled its number of supporters to 25 and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has been appointed secretariat. The Green ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Watershed Premium Wines, a Margaret-River based winery, has installed a 149-kilowatt solar power system that the winery says will offset electricity use by 30%. Photo Courtesy of Watershed Winery Watershed had a SunPower solar power system installed ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investors around the world say that non-financial performance information "played a pivotal role" in investment decision making at least once in the past year, according to EY. EY's report, Tomorrow's investment rules, found that investors ...

IIRC, GISR agree to collaborate on integrated standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) have agreed to work towards complementarity and compatibility in the ongoing development of their frameworks and standards. Paul Druckman ...