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PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment's (PRI) total signatory assets under management (AUM) grew to more than US$45 trillion to the end of April 2014, with the number of signatories reaching 1,260, PRI said. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director "The updated figures ...

Vast Solar begins construction on 6MW solar thermal station

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... three hours' thermal storage, which should enable the plant to generate electricity on demand. Construction began in mid-April and is expected to finish by the end of the year. CST power generation uses the sun's thermal energy, Vast Solar explained. ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Technology Program. Wineries generate peak electricity consumption during the vintage period, which lasts from February to mid-April in Margaret River, Barrett said. Peak consumption comes from the fermenters in the winery as well as cooling demands ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Labor Party and the Greens. The Senate vote to reject "signifies an intensifying of the carbon debate in the lead up to the April 5 Senate re-election in Western Australia," RepuTex said. The federal government will also start its second pass at repealing ...

Video: Taking ESG integration to the investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which is increasingly mandated and scrutinized by asset owners. According to the PRI, as of April 2013 assets under management by PRI signatories stands at USD 32 trillion, up from USD 4 trillion as of the PRI's launch ...

ARENA co-funds South Australia solar thermal power study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the solar thermal project and the South Australian government will contribute $132,000. It is scheduled for completion by April 2016. ARENA was established by the Australian Government as an independent authority to make renewable energy technologies ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... garment workers. These incidents include the November 2012 fire in a Tazreen garment factory, the collapse of Rana Plaza in April and a second fire in Dhaka in May. LGS, the AU$7 billion superannuation fund for local government and related employers ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... improved returns with limited tracking error," Impax said in the report. Impax found that for the five years to the end of April 2013, which they note excludes the run up in energy prices ahead of the 2008 financial crash, excluding fossil fuel energy ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... violence. Those risks have been highlighted by recent tragedies such as the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh in April which left more than 1,100 people dead. In addition to the sheer human toll of such accidents, they can also pose a reputational ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... renewable energy projects is led by Asian investors, particularly Chinese investors. The report cites Shenhua Group Corp's April announcement that it would jointly invest around AU$1.6 billion with Hydro Tasmania to develop at least 700MW of wind power ...