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Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... government, and the project was then audited such that Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) could be issued by the Clean Energy Regulator. Climate Friendly provides carbon management solutions to businesses and households, and Corporate Carbon Advisory ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 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 ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... also noted that real assets provide investors with an entry point to gauge, monitor, and manage responses to risk like energy and water consumption, said Beck Dawson, general manager, corporate sustainability at Investa Office "If it's a small part of ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... uncertainty was a high risk in 2013. Many of the uncertainties related to the Coalition government's plans to repeal the Clean Energy Future carbon pricing legislation. In comparison, five ASX200 companies that reported carbon pricing as a high risk ...

NZ Super Fund invests in wind turbine developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... NZ$24 billion (US$19 billion) fund, but they "complemented the Guardians' strategy to increase investment in alternative energy and energy forms with lower carbon intensity, where a strong business case could be established," according to a statement. ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will cause institutional investors to step back from deals in low-carbon investments in Australia, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) told a Senate inquiry into the repeal of the Clean Energy ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  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 ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating ...

ARENA funds UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$165,280 to a project that is developing strategies to increase community renewables in Australia. ARENA is providing part of the funding to the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures for ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental services by 2017 and said that AU$43.6 billion has been lent. "Progress to date has been primarily in renewable energy including two major wind farms and a solar farm," the bank said. "This work has been further supported by the establishment ...