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ARENA funds AU$5.2m for Renergi biofuel project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$5.2 million in funding to Renergi for a pilot scale biofuel project. Professor Chun-Zhu Li, director, FETI, explaining Renergi gasification technology (photo courtesy ARENA) The pilot is ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... depth of the market or the price of the eventual abatement. Because there will be uncertainty in the clearing price for Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) and there is no compliance market to support demand, some companies may not participate until ...

Carnegie Wave Energy launches Perth Wave Energy Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... of the power station was conducted earlier this week, with Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) attending the launch. "This is the first array of wave power generators to be connected to ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... note: Updates with comment from Gordon Hagart, ACSI Gordon Hagart is leaving his role as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) to return to Europe. Hagart's announcement is "unexpected and regrettable," ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... good outcome. Therefore, it's going to be consistent across the country in the best possible way." In 2012, the South Australian government commissioned a study from Arup to assess the potential impact of BUF legislation. The study found that Adelaide ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... corporate members worldwide, and 164 companies participated in the global and Australia/NZ benchmarks, of which 46 were Australian. Overall, there are 44 financial service companies in the LBG benchmark, including ANZ, Axa, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... the options," O'Connor said. "We see this certification program as a key navigational tool for those members of the Australian public that are increasingly interested in investing in ways that are aligned with their values and ethics. We're basically ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has announced an initiative to get women comprising 30% of all ASX200 company boards within the next three years. ACSI will make the initiative a priority for its engagement with ASX200 boards ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... into Westpac and how do we help them make a career at Westpac?" Since 2011, the bank has taken on board 45 Indigenous Australian university students in varying business units in retail and business banking, legal and secretariat, human resources and ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... 37 in Australia. Only three universities in Australia - Charles Sturt University, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University - received D ratings, whilst the remaining 34 received X ratings, "indicating that there was no publicly ...