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Australian Forestry Standard releases supply chain standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... move through the supply chain, according to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS). The AFS is a not-for-profit public company which owns and manages the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFSC), built on two Australian Standards - AS4708, which ...

ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... million of support to the Moree Solar Farm, a large scale solar plant that will shortly begin construction. Renewable energy company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) is set to begin construction on the 56MWac/70 MWp solar facility and construction ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management does not have any holdings in Transfield Services, but the company previously was in its model portfolio watch list as a potentially investible company, said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... and dispersed, and there is a limited availability of data. "The research found a strong correlation between individual company revenue and estimated water consumption in water scarce regions, but also a large difference between the average and median ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... majority of managers in the report do consider ESG to be another risk factor, as in, will this impair the ability of the company to repay the debt, or how does the company conduct itself?" The majority of managers who responded to JANA's survey said ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... are paid per meeting, some are on an annual retainer. We don't have a benchmark to judge against as we would with an ASX company. Because it's now required for directors to disclose their remuneration on their website and put some narrative around that ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to carbon," de Wit said. "A lot of the work is likely to have already been done and it should be a simple case of the company saying, this is my carbon price amount and we will remove that from our prices and advise customers accordingly. It does get ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... attract initial investments and developing a dedicated social investment bank. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) was one company to made a submission to the inquiry calling for a social investment bank. "The paper noted that there is a call for the government ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... "sustainability and intangibles valuation analysis" (SIVA) model. SIVA is a comprehensive "value driver tree model" of a company's revenues and cost. The model allows companies to identify, manage and value intangibles, Dowse said. "SIVA's got value ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... generation across 33 projects in Australia," said Greg Pritchard, ENE managing director. "This project highlights the company's potential to implement renewable hybrid systems in off grid applications to provide customers with innovative energy solutions. ...