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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 ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... mitigate climate change and allows China's private sector to profit from these opportunities." IFC has worked in sustainable energy financing in China since 2006 and has provided loans of US$783 million through its partner banks to 178 energy-efficiency ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... institutional investors have implemented impact investment strategies in sectors including "agriculture, microfinance, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, healthcare, affordable housing and community development," and in asset classes including ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... practices that have a longer return investment," BITC said. The "vast majority" of investments are focused on responsible energy supply, rather than new products and services, BITC said. Of the 98 companies that took part in the CR Index, 27 were global ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... overly concentrated. "If you simply use negative screens or some other basic limitation to ESG, you tend to underweight energy, you tend to underweight materials, you tend to underweight the US as an example," Hunstad said. "If US energy companies have ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... installed on a roof shared by the winery's barrel store and wine warehouse, and the system is expected to save AU$79,000 in energy costs annually, said Geoff Barrett, Watershed Premium Wines managing director. "Watershed has been committed for some time ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... actions to implement those policies and to reach defined objectives. It measures environmental performance data regarding energy and water consumption, GHG emissions and waste, and investigates the use of voluntary standards and certification schemes ...