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CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... annual report. CEFC also calculates that total cost per tonne of CO2-e abated equals a return of AU$2.40 per tonne after government cost of borrowing and operating costs. "We have worked with co-finance partners developing investment opportunities, which ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... in the low-carbon fund managed by Amundi. HESTA, Unisuper, USS, ERAFP have also announced strategic decisions. Local Government Super has also recently changed negative screening methodology, which has resulted in new exclusions for companies with exposures ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Three months after the repeal of the previous Labor government's carbon pricing mechanism, the Abbott government passed its Direct Action Plan (DAP) with support from the Palmer United ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... impact on the community and the environment, among other responsibilities. The paper also asks stakeholders to consider government's role in protecting stakeholder interest through other means, such as social policy. Depending on the views expressed ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... draw on a wider talent pool and have a workforce that resembles its customer base, Utatao said. Innes recommended that government make a more public effort to promote employment of people with disabilities by increasing the percentage of people with ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Six Australian companies have been named to CDP's Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014. CDP selected 187 companies globally that exhibit leadership through action to mitigate climate change, and found that as an index, those companies outperform ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has hired Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Northern Territory government are funding a $55 million project that will provide solar photovoltaic systems to off-grid communities. ARENA and the NT government will each provide AU$27.5 million ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... will use this performance report as part of their statutory reporting to regulatory bodies and to the Victorian state government, Simpson said. "It meets our disclosure requirements," she said. "It has some technical information in there that we have ...