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City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... it is considered less risky. Additionally, the structure of the EUA overcomes the "split incentive" where tenant enjoy energy efficiency savings whilst the building owner pays the charges associated with the upgrade. The creation of the EUA structure ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... intensity of its assets, divesting its most carbon intensive assets, diversifying its business by investing in lower carbon energy sources or returning capital to shareholders." Unburnable carbon is a concept that only around one third of current proven ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... 45,208 t(CO 2 -e) was 3,500 t(CO 2 -e) labeled "reallocation of external tenants' electricity". Commonwealth conducted an Energy Efficiency Opportunity (EEO) audit and found that the bank might have been capturing the emissions of third-party tenants ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... within its eligibility criteria of bonds used to finance investments in the chemical industry. "Secondly, the International Energy Agency estimates that some 40% of investment in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 2050 will be in energy efficiency," ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... repeal the carbon pricing scheme, and it won't be before the beginning of July," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens. "In addition, while the government has said that it will repeal the carbon tax from 1 July 2014 ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... of the Australian Greenhouse Office Experts Group on Emissions Trading from 1998-2000 - and because of his experience in energy resources, infrastructure and international business. Ethinvest said in a letter to clients that his experience would be necessary ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Warda is the former general secretary of the ICEM (2007-2012), the global union representing workers in the chemicals, energy and mining sectors. He served as a member of the board of the Global Compact from 2007-2012, and is currently a member of a ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the offer, LGS told The Sustainability Report. The bond will fund environmentally sustainable projects in the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water management, waste management, sustainable living, environmental services and sustainable ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... research analyst, and Chosson joins from Generali Investments in Paris where she was an SRI analyst specialising in the energy and technology sectors. "I am extremely pleased to join Standard Life Investments," Young said. "As a long term investor Standard ...