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ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "Further demonstration of these technologies is expected to reduce costs over time and improve opportunities for future deployment without subsidies," Frischknecht said. "[ENE] has identified a long-term pathway to commercialisation by demonstrating ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... (STCs), both of which will be tradable on the platform, CTX said. CTX plans to launch into the US REC market "in the near future" that will encompass multiple state-based markets. CTX operates spot exchanges in multiple global environmental commodity ...

Global Reporting Initiative hires chief of staff

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... backgrounds I have seen within the GRI team. I personally believe the sustainability agenda is crucial to our collective future. I'm looking forward to playing a role in taking GRI's work to the next level, making sustainability reporting regular practice ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Northern Trust entered the Australian market with its asset servicing business after winning the mandate as custodian to the Future Fund and has brought its asset management products to Australia on the back of that. At the moment, it does not offer ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds on behalf of its members will increasingly become a source of finance in the Australian economy in future, and superannuation funds will inevitably make broad impacts on the shape of the Australian economy, according to Gordon Noble ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... prime minister's white paper on agriculture and the Financial System Inquiry may offer some options to form the basis of future reform. "[L]ong term investors such as pension funds and superannuation funds are potentially great partners to invest in ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... waste, said Enzo Gullotti, New Energy chairman. "This finance from the CEFC is critical to New Energy's success and our future development of this clean energy technology to its full potential," he said. "It demonstrates the opportunity in Australia ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... that was carried out from July 2012 to June 2013. The report by the multi-stakeholder group will be tabled in the near future, Spoors said, with government to make a decision after the report is released.

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... handle this area. "Social benefit bonds are being experimented with," Woo said. "In terms of mainstreaming them in the future, it does hinge on the ability of the partners in the bonds project to be able to articulate intentions and outcomes, and the ...

Future Fund hires new head of ESG risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Future Fund has hired appointed Joel Posters as its new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Posters will start in August after relocating to Australia from The Netherlands. He was most recently global head of sustainability ...