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CEFC commits $35 million to finance expansion of intelliHUB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... than 1 million smart meters across Australia and New Zealand, the CEFC said. "Smart meters give energy consumers better control over their energy consumption, which is essential for lowering carbon emissions," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "They also ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... venture capital funds of $15 million, Richardson said. "We take minority interests in the companies we invest in - we don't control the exits," he said. "Our strategy is more typically to see our companies acquired by a larger company, or list on a stock ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... to address. One particularly contentious issue is how to acknowledge the varying degrees to which companies are able to control and influence their supply chains and hence the packaging of products. There are always challenges in attempting to apply ...

Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... shareholder resolution, which came through to us via ACCR and Market Forces, and in both circumstances, we had strong editorial control over the resolutions. We felt the resolutions didn't place either company at commercial disadvantage, it was a reasonable ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... and other clean energy technologies, we can significantly cut household reliance on grid energy, giving homeowners more control over their energy consumption and their carbon footprint." Mirvac has committed to be net positive in energy and water by ...

$12.5 million ARENA initiative to fund distributed energy resources projects, studies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... pilot projects to trial "novel approaches to increasing network hosting capacity such as through advanced monitoring and control schemes to manage power flow, voltage fluctuations and other system requirements in real time, with the objective of allowing ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... credit, traditionally, it was difficult to get data on these people.... There have been rapid advances in alternative risk control measures. Not only have governments and regulators started to take initiatives here, their technology has come forward ...

Victorian government launches first social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... causes and consequences of long-term homelessness, and the rigorous testing of the J2SI intervention though randomised control trials to ensure people can escape the cycle of chronic homelessness." Sacred Heart Mission's J2SI program is delivered "using ...

CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... storage solutions become commonplace in Australia, offered as part of an integrated power solution that gives consumers more control over their energy. Better managing our individual energy use is good for power costs, and it's good for lowering carbon." ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... - audit and internal controls - the integration of CSR risks (including ethical misconduct) within the banks' internal control framework, as well as monitoring and management of material risk-takers; executive remuneration, examining how remuneration ...