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Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... university said. "Climate change is the great challenge of our generation and we are now in a major period of change for energy production and consumption around the world," Henry said in a statement. "The good news is that in the last decade renewable ...

Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... "collaborate on business solutions to complex sustainability issues." Australia has been a pioneer on climate action, smart energy technologies, and the development of biodiversity markets," said Peter Bakker, WBCSD's president and CEO. "Up until recently ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... includes 246 community organisations across 650 locations in Australia to offer safe, fair, and affordable loans, savings, energy inclusion and other programs and has reached over 125,000 people. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... be seen as a meta-theme that represents a family of risks, such as resource scarcity issues, demographic change issues, energy issues, technology issues among other issues. That convergence and interplay of risks should be integrated into how trustees ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... that microfinance and other financial services account for about a fifth of respondents' impact investment assets, with energy at 11% and housing at 8%. Allocations are primarily in private markets - 44% of assets are currently invested through private ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... adapted or supplemented to allow better disclosure of CASRs - which CDSB defines as "risks associated with fossil fuel energy resources becoming un-burnable due to policy commitments or other activity designed to address climate change." "Unburnable ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Retaining the Renewable Energy Target would potentially keep power prices lower, as compared to removing the target and increasing reliance on "increasingly expensive gas and ageing coal-fired power," according to the Clean Energy Council (CEC). The ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... significantly influence economic development, and the IPCCs' analysis is reflective of work that's happening at the International Energy Agency, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation for the past year/year and a half," said Nathan ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... has completed upgrades to its administration building that will reduce electricity costs by 66%, according to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The AU$2.1 million Riverina Highlands Building Energy Efficiency Project ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... organisation with a track record of delivering a service - commercial cleaning - to a number of companies, including Origin [Energy] and Transfield. Through speaking to a number of those organisations, we saw that Iman was credible and gone a fair long ...