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CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and in Queensland. The overseas experience cited in the paper builds the CEFC's case that demand management can reduce business and residential electricity bills through "lower customer energy consumption, via improving end use energy efficiency, lower ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... investment. We are also comfortable with their social commitment to inclusive finance - it is core to how they do their business. We had to verify that, to insure that we get real comfort in terms of their long term commitment to providing services to ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... entities to organise their hedging and trading policies faster than expected. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson "It means that business is going to have to make sure that they are ready for the auction," said Jennifer Lauber Patterson, executive director, Frontier ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... announced the AU$100 million expansion of an existing Low Carbon Australia co-financing program for energy efficiency business loans. "We are in active discussions with over 50 project proponents, which would involve CEFC finance of circa AU$2 billion ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Focus on materiality Ensure outcomes-based and contextual reporting Facilitate the integration of sustainability into business strategy Collaborate and consult with key stakeholders Use stock exchanges and their influence over listed companies Build ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... announced that she will step down as CEO at the end of October, but she is quick to note that until she leaves, it will be "business as usual" for her and for ACSI. She has been at ACSI for five years, and says there has been progress in both investors ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... has hit the ground running by providing finance for two wind farm projects and expanding an existing fund that provides business loans for energy efficiency upgrades. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The AU$10 billion CEFC officially started making investments ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Labor Party as leader and then re-established as prime minister, he indicated that he was willing to listen to business calls to move to a floating emissions trading scheme earlier than 2015. The survey also found that 87.7% of businesses ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... to grade A jet fuel. "Our agreement with Algae.Tec is another example of MacGen finding creative ways to improve our business and improve our environmental performance," said Russell Skelton, Macquarie Generation CEO and managing director. "Its new technology ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... accidents, they can also pose a reputational risk to retail companies that source from similar factories and can also pose business risks in terms of production delays and quality issues. According to the ACSI research, the sub-sectors that are most ...

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Rio Tinto inks lithium deal as chief resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Rio Tinto has formed a joint venture for a Chilean lithium project, just days before announcing its chief executive will depart.

Green moves: First Nations Foundation, Future Fund

ELIZA BAVIN
Phil Usher has stepped down from his role as chief executive of First Nations Foundation, while Future Fund has welcomed a new director of responsible investment.

Public sector pay gap revealed

ELIZA BAVIN
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency published the public sector gender pay gap data for the first time.

Record green bond issuance on the cards

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Green bond issuance is predicted to hit US$600 billion this year.

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