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Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... many of the activities measured focused on the input, rather than the impact, said Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "Generally speaking, most things don't get measured which is not good ...

ARENA makes six new appointments to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Six new directors have been appointed to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) board. Environment Minister Mr Greg Hunt announced that Martijn Wilder AM, Susan Jeanes, Meg McDonald, Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, Maria Atkinson AM and Jonathan Jutsen ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... governments and industry groups. Social Ventures Australia and Macquarie Group in their submission cited statistics from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) that "calculated Australia's shortfall in affordable and available private ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... By establishing a framework, Mirvac can benchmark their SROI against wider community standards, using data such as Australian Bureau of Statistics, for example. "If we look at sense of safety [in our residential developments], we're able to see yes ...

Investors should measure climate risks: South Pole Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... improvement strategies in their investment decisions. The submission cites activities around the world as examples that the Australian investment sector could implement, either voluntarily or through regulation. "On carbon footprint, best practice is ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... First deployment of Laing O'Rourke's moveable solar-diesel power plant (photo courtesy of Laing O'Rourke and ARENA) The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) provided AU$410,000 support for the feasibility study and design work, and a further AU$450,000 ...

UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Management completed the transition to responsible entity and received its licence as a retail fund provider from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in February, confirmed Michael Walsh, chief executive officer of UCA Funds Management. ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) provided an AU$100 million cornerstone investment to the Foresight Group's Australian Bioenergy Fund (ABF). The fund will make investments of AU$2 million to AU$50 million in bioenergy projects in Australia, potentially ...

Moree Solar Farm signs PPA with Origin Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... aspiration to be one of Australia's leading renewable energy companies." FRV undertook to develop MSF with support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). FRV reached financial close in July ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Earlier in 2015, National Australia Bank (NAB) issued a $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, and in 2014, NAB issued the first Australian climate bond - an AU$150 million green bond, the first Australian-issued ...