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AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Group. The US$161m AGIF targets growth oriented infrastructure investments in India and China in sectors such as transportation, energy/utilities, telecommunications and urban infrastructure. AGIF is also ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... allowed the fund to access Asian countries at a supranational level, pointing to the ADB green bond which funds wind farms in China and Thailand's first large scale private solar powered project. "There is supranational issuance and projects that are ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... niche market. The report found that 67% of the market originates in Europe, with 17% from the US and Russia, Canada and China with 3% each. The UK alone had 23% of the global total. "The report does two things it identifies what a universe of climate ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... business as usual. "Australia's target represents a target which is broadly compliable with the likes of the US, Japan, Europe, China and Brazil - in other words, a large chunk of global emissions. On this basis, there's' little danger that Australia ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... societal and political problem even if short-term focus shifts to other issues. In the meanwhile, firms in countries like China will continue to aggressively seize business opportunities by becoming the largest and most efficient producers of solar technologies ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... COzero, which is both a buyer of offsets for clients, and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. "The lowest cost outcome should be adopted. In our view, the lowest charge outcome is to not have a surrender charge at all. ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The company was founded in 2007. In addition to its operations in Australia, COzero also manages a portfolio of CDM projects ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The company was founded in 2007. In addition to its operations in Australia, COzero also manages a portfolio of CDM projects ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... offsets, but companies can't wait until 2015 to offset the liability," Armstrong said. "Supply and demand here will depend on China and Europe and how fungible offsets are. There could be arbitrage opportunities, and that is a risk, but it will depend ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Accenture study showing that in the footwear industry, the labour cost for the average multinational company procuring from China represents about 3% of the total cost. Add to the outsourcing equation the risk of longer lead times due to poor infrastructure ...