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Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has been given an award by the Australian Property Institute (API) for the sustainability features of one of its Sydney properties. LGS office property, 120 Sussex St Sydney API gave LGS the Environmental Award for the Carnegie ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... and practices," said Victoria Whitaker, Head of GRI's Focal Point Australia in a media statement. "It's amazing that government departments and agencies are potentially producing six different reports, which could largely address the same information ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Wesfarmers on the issue of sourcing phosphate rock from Western Sahara, an area that has seen conflict between the Moroccan government and the Sahrawi, the local population. Wesfarmers uses phosphate in to produce agricultural superphosphate. Christian ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... AU$780,000 upgrade project at the Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic Centre is being met partially by AU$375,075 from the federal government through the Community Energy Efficiency Program and with AU$338,250 in finance from Low Carbon Australia. The installation ...

Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Wesfarmers on the issue of sourcing phosphate rock from Western Sahara, an area that has seen conflict between the Moroccan government and the Sahrawi, the local population. Wesfarmers uses phosphate in to produce agricultural superphosphate. "Western ...

AfricaSIF to survey ESG integration into African investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... coordinated by teams based in Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, USA and the UK. Project partners include the Government Employees Pension Fund of South Africa, Investec Asset Management, Mergence Investment Managers, Old Mutual Investment ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Meg McDonald is the CEO of Low Carbon Australia (LCAL), an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... executive chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative says that the investor interest in green bonds should spur the Australian government to consider selling green bonds to fund the development of the national broadband network. Sean Kidney "There's a flight ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... from Foresters Community Finance was a decision driven by the fact that there have been cuts in funding from state government and by increasing competition for philanthropic funding, said Jennifer Beveridge, EDV CEO. "The social enterprise money was ...

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... commercialisation." The Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund is an AU$200m co-investment vehicle, equally funded by the government's Australian Renewable Energy Agency' s Renewable Energy Venture Capital Fund Program and Southern Cross Venture Partners ...