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Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Enterprise Fund has not yet disbursed funding, but loan submissions are currently being evaluated, with a "strong pipeline" of future projects in line, Drew said. Potential eligible enterprises do not have to be trading, but do need to have developed ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australians have a healthy relationship with money, cultivating prosperous communities and the bank's role in leading a future focused nation, said Paula Benson, general manager, corporate responsibility at NAB. Wealth of Opportunity is a narrative designed ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... for boards of directors, business leaders and sustainability officers as they lead their organizations to a sustainable future."

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Also: VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... European could limit the availability of long-term capital for low-carbon infrastructure. "The structural need for increased future flows of climate finance needs to be routinely incorporated into financial frameworks to ensure at a minimum that these ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... no certainty on the existing policy framework, so companies are concerned about doing anything that may not fit into a future policy framework." The carbon pricing mechanism is in a fixed price period, currently priced at AU$24.15/tonne of CO2 emissions. ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... spurred business innovation to reduce energy and carbon emissions with minimal economic impact, but the uncertainty about its future post-election has delayed further investment across all sectors, according to a survey from Businesses for a Clean Economy. ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... determine the price that Australian liable entities would pay. Currently, a European carbon unit trades for around EUR6. The future of the ETS is highly dependent on the results of federal parliamentary elections on 7 September. Whilst Rudd's Australian ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... not be in place by the time the auctions are due to commence in February/March 2014. As stipulated under the Clean Energy Future Act, from 2015, there will be an absolute limit on emissions from the country's most emissions-intensive industries. The ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... accompanying the report's release. " It is critical for metals and mining companies to integrate water in their current and future business strategies in order to develop more resilient business models that offer long lasting investment cases."