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IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) welcomes the "pragmatic assessment" of the Climate Change Authority (CCA) draft report, but says it raises questions of how Australia will achieve higher emissions reductions. In its draft report into caps ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... challenges and opportunities in commercial-scale solar rooftop installations and how financing agreements such as the environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) structure can make solar installation cost-effective and financially attractive, said Scott Bocskay ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... results. Exaggeration doesn't add credibility, it risks accusations of greenwash. Organisations that are taking environmental responsibility seriously should uphold the highest standards of clarity and transparency." Walton noted that CBA clearly identified ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... because of the uncertainty as to where liability lay, and in the end, local governments, developers, industry groups, environmental groups have said 'we're afraid of who has to carry the liability and bear the costs of the associated risk,'. Then, for ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Green bonds could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... issues like remuneration reports, but shareholder concerns are far broader than just the governance issues - the environmental and the social issues are significant. This campaign will help identify the disparate dynamics at play with shareholder votes ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG DataMetrics, a comprehensive set of metrics to facilitate quantitative analysis of environmental, social and environmental data. MSCI ESG DataMetrics can be used in the development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... are refining their limited partnership agreements prior to investing in unlisted private equity funds to reflect environmental, social and governance exclusions and considerations, according to Paul Finlayson, senior vice president, product manager ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... have joined a new partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) developed The Future ...