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Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Boards of listed companies are more proactively seeking out meetings with active investors and engagement organisations, and in an unanticipated benefit of the impact of the two strikes rule, engagement specialists are saying boards are more receptive ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australian residential and commercial property could reach zero carbon emissions standards in 10 years with sufficient retrofitting to reduce energy consumption, according to Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. ...

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
James Gifford, the founding executive director of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), will leave the organisation at the end of November. James Gifford, executive director, PRI Gifford has been PRI's executive director since its launch ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released proposed eligibility criteria for solar assets under the Climate Bond Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO The criteria specifies the amount of non-solar fuel back-up, or hybridization ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Three AECOM employees will volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) has released two draft bills to implement the changes required to bring forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism has granted AU$1 million to expand the reach of the CitySwitch energy efficiency program. The money was allocated through the department's Energy Efficiency Information Grants (EEIG) program by the Net ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide AU$75 million in financing to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in projects to generate energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas and remote hybrid renewables projects. CEFC ...