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Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... from the federal government's Caring for Our Country programme, said Pip Walsh, Bush Heritage Australia conservation executive manager. The fund is the result of stakeholder discussions over decades, Walsh said. "The discussion with land owners around ...

Two directors stepping down at Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... to the board on 20 December 2010 and elected as director by shareholders at the November, 2011 AGM. He also took an executive role with Australian Ethical Investment in November 2011. Newnham is quitting Australian Ethical to take employment with another ...

CDP, CDSB, IIIRC ally to promote natural capital reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... to the market and achieve greater momentum towards the adoption of Integrated Reporting," said Paul Druckman, chief executive officer of the IIRC. "IR is not intended to supplant other non-financial disclosures, but to utilize these disclosures, through ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... transparency in order to ensure the successful implementation of the measures announced today," said Lois Guthrie, CDSB's executive director. "We welcome the legislation and encourage Defra to work with organizations to promote transparency in order ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... means that business is going to have to make sure that they are ready for the auction," said Jennifer Lauber Patterson, executive director, Frontier Carbon. "There is a lot of corporate governance and risk management process that needs to be established ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance risks matter, one of the biggest changes that Ann Byrne has seen in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne recently announced ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian developer of wind and solar assets both in Australia and internationally," said Gerry McGowan, CBD Energy CEO and executive chairman. The Taralga Wind Farm has a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Energy Australia to supply the grid. ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... reduce our carbon output, reduce our carbon bill, and at the same time improve our bottom line." Roger Stroud, Algae.Tec executive chairman, said algae biofuels also offers NSW and Australia a new level of fuel security. "At a time when all the petroleum ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... attention. "The report definitely shows that Australia is behind North America and Europe," said Alison McIvor, ACSI's executive manager, communication, strategy and public affairs, "The two previous pieces of research broader... Having looked at the ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... driving operational efficiencies and reinforcing the business case for sustainability at scale," said James Donovan, chief executive officer of FCS. "As we extend our partnership with CDP, we look forward to bringing additional insights and analysis ...