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NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Shepherd and other not for profits to offer microfinance products, so this is more about distribution and marketing to the target market," she said. "It's the same product that we're offering through other not for profits, so we're trying to unpick how ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has developed a financing program tailored to foundry manufacturers seeking to invest in energy-efficient upgrades to equipment and processes. Low Carbon Australia is working with the Australian Foundry Institute (AFI) to inform ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
QIC has selected the US-based Molpus Woodlands Group as an investment partner, with the timberland specialist purchasing approximately 42,000 acres of timberland on QIC's behalf. James Dick, QIC head of alternative investments The AU$63.5bn institutional ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
A commercial property in Brisbane that underwent an energy efficient retrofit financed by Low Carbon Australia has been sold for AU$12.25m, representing a 17% internal rate of return (IRR). O'Connell's OBM House, an office building at 26 Wharf Street ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... making three recommendations to EU ministers to improve the ETS - a change to the overall level of the EU 2020 emissions target, with a commensurate change in the EU ETS allocations; a plan to define and implement a one-off set-aside of carbon credits ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... that the CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. "By working with the market to build industry capacity, the panel believes the CEFC can deliver ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
SAM, the responsible investment boutique firm, has sent letters to the 2,500 largest companies in the world to take part in the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, the basis for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The corporate ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will partner with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a move designed to advance the standardisation of reporting on environmental, social and economic performance in the global real estate ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... In terms of employee materiality, Santos achieved a safety total recordable case frequency rate(TRCFR) of 3.3 against a target of less than 3.5, and reviewed its code of conduct and revised its policies "accordingly". In economic targets,Santos reported ...

Companies should present negative sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Australian companies should present more honestly their negative impacts on the economy, environment and society, as well as the positive ones, with stakeholders who read sustainability reports telling the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ...