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Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. The Solomon Islands has mineral and energy resources, with potential mineral deposits of copper, gold, zinc, bauxite, and nickel have been identified in Guadalcanal ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... application level working group. Matthew Nelson of Ernst & Young, Michael Cass of Shell and Peter Colley of the CMFEU Mining and Energy are participating in the greenhouse gas emissions working group, Paul Davies of Banarra is participating on the disclosure ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... fall under the scheme and the liable entity will be required to offset the carbon emissions. The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGERS) Act, is the basis for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the carbon pricing regime. Because ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Betsy Donaghey, Judith Smith and Mark Twidell have been appointed as inaugural board members of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and Ivor Frischknecht has been named ARENA's first chief executive officer. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Party/National Party coalition has endorsed the CFI, which was passed in a separate bill to other parts of the overall Clean Energy Future legislative package. However, the opposition coalition has committed to winding back other aspects of the carbon ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... of Excellence found that there is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Environmental upgrade financing vehicles in the City of Melbourne have funded AU$4.9m in energy and emissions efficiency retrofit programs and are projected to save 5350 tonnes of CO2-e emissions per year, according to the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... The announcement by IGCC, IICGG and INCR follows in tandem with other international calls, including the International Energy Agency's "Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas" publication. "Fracking" will also be a topic of discussion as part of the United ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... range of different industries and we look at companies that have benefited from changes in terms of clean-tech or clean energy, but really a lot of it is looking holistically at a company and thinking about what could go wrong, what has their track record ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
AGL Energy and solar photovoltaic manufacturer First Solar will receive an AU$129.7m federal government grant to help finance a 159 megawatt solar power project. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The AU$450m project will be built in Broken Hill and ...