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Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Technology Investment Program (CTIP). Jonathan Jutsen, executive director, Energetics Treasurer Wayne Swan's budget proposal will postpone funding amounting to AU$370 million until 2020, and ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... monitor its energy consumption and CO2 emissions, Curtis said. Curtis as chief sustainability officer reports to the executive vice president for corporate communications, who reports to the chief executive officer. "We use our own software to help us ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... social and environmental considerations into account alongside economic considerations," said Michael Dundon, chief executive, in a statement. "With tobacco products imposing a significant burden on society in terms of health care and environmental costs ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Although ESG research on the transport sector has focused more on environmental factors, AMP Capital Investors says social and governance risks also impact on short-term earnings and share price. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny There are three key risks to the ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... many major Australian manufacturers and importers to source only sustainable palm oil," said Gary Dawson, AFGC chief executive officer in a statement. "It lays out a way forward, including the need for better understanding of supply chains, better alignment ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... written to the board to express our view as active shareholders." Meanwhile, the Australian Equities Core fund listed executive remuneration, corporate governance, issues relating to staffing and safety and supply chain as related to social and environmental ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... funds acting to rebalance their portfolios in allocating more to low-carbon investments," said Julian Poulter, AODP executive director. "The objective is certainly to increase low carbon investments and by implication, divest to a degree from fossil ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... sector interest in low carbon investment and address gaps in financial services markets," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change. "We think co-financing will quickly become a crucial part of the low carbon investment ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... management and then also good climate change adaptation." The three firms that carried out the research engaged with senior executive from over 100 corporations to discuss climate change impacts, adaptation and corporate strategy. The report found that ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... it is therefore imperative to monitor and improve performance at the portfolio level," said Sander Paul van Tongeren, executive director at GRESB and senior sustainability specialist at APG Asset Management. "GRESB is aiming to increase its engagement ...