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Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... efficient design and close proximity to the motorways as "raising the bar" for industrial estates. Calibre will feature energy efficient lighting, rainwater harvesting, photovoltaic solar, cyclist and end-of-trip facilities, which they emphasise will ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... or expenditure. The majority of suppliers - 64% - specifically identified climate regulation as a risk, including fuel, energy and carbon taxes. However, only 45% of the participating suppliers have set a target to reduce emissions and 34% have lowered ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... demonstrate the scientific, political and business case for safeguarding forests as natural capital that underpins water, food, energy, health and climate security for all." It has brought forth initiatives including initiatives include Forests Now ...

Melbourne buildings retrofit with solar panels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... retrofitted to an apartment block. The project at 101 Collins Street features 180 panels installed vertically to maximise solar energy while minimising roof space and will generate 47,000kWh of electricity per year and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... time," Woo said. "That is he strategic question - what is the shared value to that. That applies to any number of topics - energy efficiency, community investment." With the tools available and a growing demand for companies to implement goals that are ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... natural gas companies on the principle that natural gas is a transition fuel source between fossil fuels and renewable energy sources. "As part of our annual review, e decided to move out of gas," he said. "Our support of natural gas was always as a ...

AGL opens Nyngan, Broken Hill solar plants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... in July 2015 and Broken Hill came online in December 2015. The two plants have generated over 200,000 MWh of renewable energy, and AGL said the two plants will produce approximately 360,000 MWh of renewable energy annually. "Developing two solar plants ...

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced 22 projects will progress to the next stage of its AU$100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. The projects were able to demonstrate its cost of energy was below ...

CEFC receives new investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) begins 2016 with a new investment mandate that will bring a new focus on "emerging and innovative clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and the built environment" to the AU$10 billion fund. The investment ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$3 million to the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) to undertake a comprehensive biomass for bioenergy assessment. RIRDC will conduct the AU$6.2 million project ...