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ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are increasingly recognising they need to manage human rights risks in their supply chains, but lack clear strategies and processes to take action, according to new research from the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... NSW, there's more of a relationship in the market with engagement with the building owners and developers." The South Australian legislation was passed with the support of John Darley MLC, Kelly Vincent MLC and the Greens, said Ian Hunter, climate change ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has developed a new AU$250 million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... NSW has received carbon neutral certification under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS), making it the first Australian winery to do so. Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates Pangolin Associates, energy and carbon management specialists, advised Ross ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... vice-president prior to this appointment. Pordage is currently company secretary for four listed investment companies, including Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited and was previously deputy company secretary for ANZ Banking Group and prior ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
A successful outcome to the Paris Climate Summit will be an agreement that sets a strategy for global action over time in which countries that are party to the process are similarly engaged on a pathway to cap global temperature increases to 2 degrees ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Future Super does not invest in fossil fuels, and instead directs capital to low carbon investments. An analysis of the Australian pension sector found that the average person with a super balance of $50,000 has a portfolio that produces carbon emissions ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed AU$100 million to a new Australian Bioenergy Fund, which will aim to accelerate development in Australia's bioenergy sector. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Australian ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... probably the most important ideas that we've seen and reviewed as being possibly very important enablers and levers in the Australian context, to do two things - to focus capital on the long term perspective, and to shift financial markets to a responsible ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) received 77 eligible expressions of interest (EOIs) for an AU$100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. The round was announced on 9 September 2015, and was tailored to bring down ...