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ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Program with $4.4 million funding. "Our investment aims to demonstrate the technology and share lessons learnt to catalyse future projects," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "The project has improved collaboration between the research, government and ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... performance, investors told the IIRC that the reports "provided greater insight into areas such as strategy, risk, governance and future targets." "The reports were felt to provide a contextual foundation for interpreting and analysing disclosed data," ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... 2014/15 carbon liability, the ACCC might well seek to use its powers to require companies to reduce their prices in the future to compensate customers for previous payments made that include provision for costs associated with this ultimately unrealised ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... skills and experience of any prospective Board member to add to the overall skills and experience of the Board and meet its future needs. In this context, the Board considers that Mr Dunlop would not add to the effectiveness of your Board." Later in ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... burden," Salisbury said in a statement. "Then there are others who have purchased land now with an aim to develop in the future without considering how that landscape is likely to change in ten or twenty years. There is also the impact on other stakeholders ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Inalytics report posited. "I suspect these results will spark some very fruitful and interesting research papers in the future." Inalytics applied this analysis to the area of investment manager skill, analysis the UK equity portfolios of one of their ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper, bankmecu and Pacific Hydro have joined a new partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... costs in the long term and that consequently companies with higher carbon footprints will be valued differently in the future. Hopefully this will also increase the pressure on companies to lower their carbon dioxide emissions." Earlier this year, Northern ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Group. "We know a lot about the risks of today, but we are lacking hard facts about the risks that society may face in future generations, particularly environmental risks. As a result, Catlin has adopted the goal of working with scientists to produce ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have hired Gordon Hagart as its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current ...