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Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Productivity may be a little misunderstood, and may be the subject of another article. In the rhetoric of our destructive political polarities, it's often seen as being able to gain more from the available labour, with labour force flexibility seen as ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
While the Australian carbon market is still inhibited by political uncertainties, businesses are beginning to plan for a longer term future where buying and selling carbon units and permits is a part of their strategy. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero "Last ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... account a country's ability to repay its debt - its financial strength - and its willingness to repay debt, which analyses political risk. "The metric of ability to repay debt is a measure of that we have integrated into our research," said Mathew McCrum ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... agricultural production create a highly sensitive environment for international investors and may add regulatory and political uncertainty to investment programs." "New Forests' business is at the forefront of addressing some the world's most pressing ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Meg McDonald is the CEO of Low Carbon Australia (LCAL), an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government. LCAL manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... of two years of flooding in the east of Australia and fires in the west of the country, and is also influenced by the political debate surrounding the introduction of the carbon pricing regime in July. The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... behaviour, an incentive as a result of the system itself, and once all the politics moves on, and things becomes free of the political guff, this will then become part of the usual risk/return consideration that anyone will take into account when pursuing ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... will lead to the generation of Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs), industry professionals say a perceived cloud of political and financial uncertainty, combined with a relatively limited list of approved methodologies, is causing potential project ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... it's things like financial transparency, the level of corruption, how fair the judicial/penal system is, respect for political and civil rights. That goes along side out standard measure, which is looking at purely fundamentals of a government, and where ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... likely to have policies in place - doing so at twice the rate of private companies related to suppliers, charitable and political donations, and having a specialĂ‚ized unit On the environmental side, sustainable consumption represented the most common ...