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MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics, a suite of carbon and fossil fuel metrics and screening tools to measure and manage portfolio exposure to carbon-related risks. "With concerns about carbon stranded assets risk increasing in the investment community ...

Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) ...

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... in the areas of sustainability strategy, reporting and assurance, social impact, carbon, energy, health, safety and environment. The Net Balance brand will be integrated into EY, but the Net Balance Foundation is expected to continue, both EY and Net ...

ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocated AU$21.5 million in funding for 12 new solar research and development projects across the country. "The Australian Government's $21.5 million investment is being matched by strong domestic ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... people would say the Newpin program has better controls and management than it did before.... There's also a change in environment that you have to live with. Increasingly the referrals of families are being pushed out from government to the community ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... discussion, with participants noting that uncertainty over changes to the target only added to the already uncertain environment of investment. The lead up to the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and its subsequent abolition has had a marked impact ...

ASIC accepts Community 21's prospectus for share raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... to be investing in ourselves, to be looking at ensuring that we get control over our capital, and that the economic environment is changing around us and we need to be changing with it."

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... survey the landscape and participate in offering solutions. As a South African regulator and standard setter, in an environment where is accelerating, we look forward to bringing our experience in setting high quality standards to the integrated report." ...

ARENA funds expansion of Doomadgee Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding AU$4.6 million towards an $11.9 million project to expand Doomadgee Solar Farm in north-western Queensland. Ergon Energy is undertaking a 1MW expansion of the Doomadgee Solar Farm, which will ...