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ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has created a hydroelectric power policy so that the bank can align its lending practices with best practices regarding issues such as water quality and working with communities that might be impacted by infrastructure development. The bank ...

Combet announces phase-out of solar credit mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The federal government will phase out the solar credit mechanism in January 2013, six months ahead of schedule, a move that is expected to lower the cost of electricity and curtail a potential oversupply in renewable energy certificates. Minister for ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... component to the sustainability strategy. "We're viewing it as an additional income stream that didn't appear in our business case," he said. "It's a good initiative, it's basically a little further return and shortens the payback period in new business ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolios that do not invest in companies that are "unwilling or unable to engage with shareholders to improve their business practices," according to a statement from Hermes. "These companies are included on an exclusion list, which is reviewed regularly ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
There has been a 12% drop in the number of listed Australian companies identifying a carbon price as a business risk, indicating their increasing comfort with the pricing regime, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 's Australia and New Zealand ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... allowance, it's going to be a lot cheaper buying it now than if you wait for the permit price out there. There's a real business case out there." To capture that business case as well as to add a new business line during short-term market uncertainty ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... CERs, which are currently valued at just above â,¬1, now, ahead of the flexible price period," Nelson said. "If your business has not already assessed the viability of this option, now is the time to consider doing so. If businesses are prepared to ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... group continues to use the Hong Kong-based International Procurement Office 9IPO) to procure goods for our Australian business," the report said. "In the reporting period, the IPO conducted social compliance audits on all suppliers it engaged via Intertek ...

Rann steps down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... trading practice has been appointed the new chairman. "Mr Rann's guidance and assistance in the company's negotiations with business and industry, the Australian Government and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, have been appreciated, and have stood ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... whether it's roads, property, or electricity networks." The Climate Institute finds gaps in responses in government and business are hampering the adaptation process. On the government side, the report said that government policy is fragmented, lacking ...