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Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... transactions, excessive executive remuneration, etc." AMP Capital has voted against a number of remuneration reports and director elections for those companies in the media sector in which they have investments and have engaged with companies to highlight ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... concluded that the overall impact at worst would be 0.1% of general ledger in the first year, said Iain Smale, managing director of Pangolin Associates. "Electricity isn't a big component of the overall spend," Smale said. "For the legal industry, it's ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... us with finance for about 90 per cent of the total project cost," said Justin Goddard, Trident Corporation's managing director. "What we now have, is a building that has improved its value and uses significantly less energy than before, making it more ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... engagement had not brought around sufficient improvement in governance, Perpetual proposed to nominate a new independent director to the board, Robert Fraser. Lacking the support of SOL's chairman, Fraser's nomination was voted down. "It's a fairly aggressive ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... $26 and selling at $40, which means that businesses and consumers are paying the full price." But Russell Marsh, policy director at the Clean Energy Council, told The Sustainability Report that there is no need to reduce the multiplier ahead of the June ...

Greg Bourne appointed acting chair of ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Bourne has an "extensive" background in renewable energy development and project commercialisation, and has been a former director of Carnegie Wave Energy and chief executive officer of the World Wildlife Fund Australia from 2004 to 2010. Additionally ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... water, recycled water and sewerage services to around 150,000 residents, said John Wilkinson, Western Water's managing director. The population is growing by about 6,000 residents annually, he added. "With that kind of growth, it's imperative that we ...

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Saleem Ali has been appointed director to the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), which is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland. Ali will join the University of Queensland as CSRM's new leader ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... property delivered a 17% IRR over 24 months and had an investor return on equity of over 33%, said Chris Slack, Harvest director. "The commercial office property market is highly competitive in Australia, and through its partnership with Low Carbon Australia ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... reductions by catalysing innovation and driving investment in low carbon solutions," said Stephanie Pfeiffer, IGCC executive director. "This is not happening.... At under seven euros per tonne, the carbon price is not even high enough to support a switch ...