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Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... investment risk to investors. It also matches the duration of energy efficiency savings. There are proposals out to state government to amend the Local Government Act to allow EUAs to be used by other councils in the state. "Plan Melbourne has put out ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... four companies report that uncertainty was a high risk in 2013. Many of the uncertainties related to the Coalition government's plans to repeal the Clean Energy Future carbon pricing legislation. In comparison, five ASX200 companies that reported carbon ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Net Balance is calling on the Australian government to adopt a co-benefits approach to carbon offset projects as a way to revive investment in projects. In a new report, Benefiting from co benefits in Australia, Net Balance advocates that Australia ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Climate Change Authority (CCA) as an information broker on long-term climate change policy needs that is independent of government. "It helps the market to have a sense of where policy will end up in time, despite short-term policy volatility," Fabian ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance chief executive. "What we see a significant opportunity for investments, up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is ...

Local Government Super property portfolio manager retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Brian Churchill, Local Government Super (LGS)'s property portfolio manager has retired after a 30-year career in property investment and management. Churchill will be replaced by Andrew Kim, who has been LGS property asset manager for the past three ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Towers Watson, and with BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital. In July of this year, Local Government Super (LGS) announced it had selected SSgA to manage an AU$780 million Australian equities mandate that will include ESG ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... issue of who pays for certification is still a contentious one." Companies also said that legal uncertainty and lack of government action are barriers to supply of certified commodities, and they also cited the lack of global agreements on post-Kyoto ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The government's proposed Direct Action Plan (DAP) for liable entities to cut carbon emissions will provide real opportunities for businesses to engage in abatement activities, according to analysis by EY. The Liberal coalition government has said its ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is one of 17 projects recognised by the United Nations Climate Change secretariat. Pollinate Energy and the 16 other projects ...