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Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... are invested in liable companies. "We're not having clients banging on the door raising questions," said Duncan Paterson, CEO of CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility. "Clients who are sufficiently engaged with the whole ESG space to use ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Jane Sargison, Betsy Donaghey, Judith Smith and Mark Twidell have been appointed as inaugural board members of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and Ivor Frischknecht has been named ARENA's first chief executive officer. Resources Minister ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... approved methodologies, is causing potential project developers to approach potential developments slowly. Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero The CFI, which was launched last December, will implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and corporate governance analysis into its investment process since its 2005 inception. Ross Youngman, CEO and Kim Tracey, portfolio manager, speak with The Sustainability Report about their approach, their positioning in the market ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... companies that continue to provide little or no reporting on sustainability in future research reports," said Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO. The fifth report - The Sustainability Reporting Journey: Sustainability Reporting Practices of the S&P/ASX200 - has shown ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... and Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Locally, other groups are looking into the issue as well. Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change, said that while the issue of "comply or explain" is of interest, there are limitations ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... controversies. "The ASX200 are generally well resourced companies and many compete on an international market," said Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO. "It is not unreasonable to expect that the labour and human rights policies they disclose, like other areas of their ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... when we are ramping up deployment of our energy efficiency financing in the market," said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. Rann joins Low Carbon Australia Board members Martijn Wilder, Tony Coleman, Tanya Cox, Don Matthews, and Linda Nicholls. ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... at an annual general meeting or an EGM. "Existing shareholders shouldn't be disadvantaged by placements," said Ann Byrne, CEO of ACSI. "What they're proposing doesn't enshrine that principle." Both ACSI and FSC object to the proposed changes, saying ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Rating System (NABERS) result in January 2011, but it is now targeting four stars, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia's CEO. The Limestone Street Centre project is an example of how Low Carbon Australia can create tailored financial solutions for ...