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Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Investment manager Perpetual will continue to roll out its dashboard report approach to embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment decisions, including further reports on its universe of equities and preparing ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... facilities in the Melbourne suburb of Altona that the company estimates will quadruple its production capacity. Brendan Morris, CEO of Plantic, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet, and Allister Watson, Coles ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... addressed, and opponents saying that the move would bring extra uncertainty to the market with no positive impact. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero Under the SRES multiplier, the government offers a certain number of renewable energy certificates for every ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies can shape the way the public thinks about issues like climate change or labor conditions," said Ernst Ligteringen, GRI CEO. "Coverage bias resulting from ownership and advertising has arguably left the public largely unaware of the real consequences ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... the water recycling process to power the Class A Recycled Water Plant's operations, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. "The plant has been able to reduce its total carbon footprint by just under 75% through cogeneration. It has then purchased ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The first Good Money retail financial hub recently opened in Geelong, and is expected to offer services to up to ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia has developed programmes to assist manufacturers with financing the balance, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. Low Carbon Australia will meet with members of the foundry industry as part of the AFI's National Energy Efficiency Road ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... significant gains for the commercial property sector through energy efficiency retrofits," said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. "Reducing energy consumption delivers energy cost savings and increased value for owners, tenants and benefits for ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... projects. "The CEFC can 'crowd-in' more investment in local renewable energy and low carbon industry," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC CEO. "This is important in a period when low international carbon prices could encourage investment in emission abatement ...

ASA opposes Santos CEO $2m share grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has struck out at a proposal from Santos to grant AU$2m grant of performance shares to CEO David Knox, in addition to his normal base salary plus short and long term incentives. The company put the issue on ...