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Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Business, government and wider society must account for and manage the value and use of natural capital to maintain a sustainable global economy. Valuing natural capital as part of an economy is a challenge because standard investment and economic measures ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Diversified property group Stockland reported continued reductions in greenhouse gas intensity in its office and retail properties, an 84% employee engagement score and a figure of AU$2.9m social return on investment for a typical Stockland retirement ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has called upon the federal government to retain the 20% Renewable Energy Target (RET) to ensure investment-grade stability and drive job creation in the renewable energy industry. The Climate Change Authority is reviewing ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has been awarded with the 2012 Climate Change Leadership Award and the Energy Award at the New South Wales government's 2012 Green Globe Awards. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was recognised for its sustainable and responsible ...

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... employee-owned business, with Macquarie Global Investments holding a 19.9% equity stake in the business as well. In June, Local Government Super (LGS) announced it had moved all of its nearly AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy managed by ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon markets from 2015, and that ACCUs could potentially be used in Europe for offsetting purposes. "The Australian government is committed to the CFI and having these credits open for compliance," de Wit said. "It was made clear that the Australian ...

ASIC affirms October deadline for carbon trading AFS licence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Under the government's Clean Energy legislative package, emission units are recognized as financial products. This includes carbon units, Australian ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... with China and ASEAN as their emissions trading schemes evolve." As part of the deal, Combet also announced that the government would drop a controversial floor price that had been intended to establish a price of no less than AU$15 per tonne of carbon ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia' chairman. "Their skills and expertise will be invaluable as ClimateWorks continues to work with business, government and investors to help Australia reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a low-Âcarbon economy." Hill is an ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. The government also announced that Heidrick & Struggles has been engaged to assist the CEFC board with finding the corporation's chief ...