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Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Companies should be assessing the full range of strategic options of response to the carbon pricing mechanism, and not doing so is as risky as doing nothing at all, according to a new Ernst & Young report. Many businesses have implemented the processes ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... that we've done already and are moving into as this market matures. For example, under the finance model that we have with Origin, the expertise is in Origin's hands and that's where it should be, because that's where the customer is facing and that's ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Green bonds are proving a popular option with investors, with demand exceeding supply in a recent regional French environmental bond. Sean Kidney, executive chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative says that the investor interest in green bonds should ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Carol Adams has been named director of the secretariat for the AA1000 standards series at global think tank and advisory services firm AccountAbility. Carol Adams Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) and professor at La Trobe University, has ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Wesfarmers; coal miners(Aquila, Bathurst Res, Coalspur, Whitehaven); companies involved in coal fired power generation (AGL, Origin); and a raft of mining services, engineering, explosives and transport companies (eg Asciano, Ausdrill, Boart Longyear ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has welcomed an announcement that Australia and the European Union will link their carbon trading schemes from July 2015. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The announcement by Minister for Climate Change and Energy ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... ethical behaviour through peer contact, said Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital's managing director and the group's chairman. "The origin of the Banking and Finance oath comes from observations from the global financial crisis and the importance of restoring ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... renewable energy and sustainability and Anna's experience has been helping us achieve this". Stock recently retired from Origin Energy, after working as executive general manager, major development projects and an Australia Pacific LNG director. He was ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Equinix, a provider of global data centre services, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
There is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds ...