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AGL opens Nyngan, Broken Hill solar plants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... MW is a major accomplishment and signals the birth of large-scale solar in Australia," said Andy Vesey, AGL managing director and CEO. "We are proud to have achieved this on time and on budget. The two plants add to AGL's credentials as Australia's largest ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... in social and affordable housing, through its AU$30 million Social Impact Investment Trust. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia HESTA has allocated AU$6.7 million to Horizon Housing, a community housing provider ...

Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... space also noted that 2016 could show growth in areas such as social benfit/social impact bonds. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA) predicted there should be issuance activity in social benefit bonds ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... technologies developed at the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute (FETI) at Curtin University. Professor Chun-Zhu Li is the director at FETI. Separately, last year the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committed AU$100 million to a new Australian ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Elizabeth Proust has been elected chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Proust has been a director of the AICD since March 2014. She is chairman of Nestle Australia, chairman of the Bank of Melbourne, and a member of the JP ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... have focused on climate finance and how much investment is needed to achieve climate change goals, said Nick Robins, co-director of the UNEP Inquiry. "The potential opportunity of the green bond market has caught policy makers' attention," Robins said. ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) and the Global Compact Network Australia. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility The report, Human rights in supply chains: Promoting positive ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... are under continued pressure to effectively and efficiently manage their operations," said Paul McCartney, executive director - corporate and project finance. "Local governments across Australia administer a vast network of street lights, community centres ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by their business," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates managing director. "Consumers and supply chains can trust it to be genuine, no green washing. We hear more and more that this is an important ...