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Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... leader Tony Abbott becomes prime minister, he has vowed to end the carbon pricing mechanism as one of his top priorities. The Green Party, a key supporting bloc that helped the Labor Party pass the Clean Energy Future legislation in this term of parliament ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ISO14064 - Greenhouse Gases, National Australian Built Environment Rating Systems (NABERS), and the Green Star ratings. J.P. Morgan said that GRESB provides the most practical approach to environmental and certain social ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Holdings, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and the Australian Nurses Federation are among those that have recently joined the CitySwitch Green Office program. "The extra funds would allow the CitySwitch Green Office program to expand into new areas and help ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Forests can bring forward any projects that meet the CEFC investment criteria. New Forests said it a bioenergy plant in the Green Triangle alongside the Tarpeena sawmill is an immediate priority, as well as an assessment of the potential to use hardwood ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide AU$75 million in financing to Energy Developments Limited (EDL) for investment in projects to generate energy from waste coal mine gas and landfill gas and remote hybrid renewables projects. CEFC ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... operator to do so. Also in 2012, the company was also named to CDP's S&P 500 Carbon Performance Leadership Index and received a Green Power Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NYSE Euronext has also been included in several ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will have to report greenhouse gas emissions in their strategic or directors reports, after the British parliament amended its Companies Act 2006. From October, all companies quoted on the LSE and ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Greenfleet, a reforestation not-for-profit, has had two of its reforestation projects registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Greenfleet used the CFI's Sequestration: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... climate bond market is developing in the direction corresponding to our investment universe." See Also: LGS buys into IFC green bond issue Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... is an innovative means of capturing and reusing carbon emissions and providing the Hunter region with a locally produced green fuel source," said Chris Hartcher, NSW Energy Minister. Bayswater uses approximately 7.5 million tonnes of coal per year and ...