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University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
Allan Tait, vice-principal administration and finance and chief financial officer, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne will divest itself of fossil fuel holdings, become carbon neutral before 2030 and achieve zero net emissions from ...

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA launched the report during its annual Responsible Investment Australia conference in Melbourne. The report found that 86% of funds have some form of responsible investment, ranging from ESG integration, screening ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... will be managed by Mark Rogers, New Forests' managing director for Australia and New Zealand, with staff in Sydney, Melbourne, and New Zealand. "New Forests has demonstrated that we are a capable, disciplined buyer in this competitive market, and we're ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... years, which we predict will be a massive growth in the industry." Sessions across the day-and-a-half conference in Melbourne next week will focus on two main points - how to interpret and implement consumer signals for responsible and ethical investment ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... bring more and cleaner energy into the world," said Jeremy Bentham, head of Shell Scenarios. Bentham was present in Melbourne last week to discuss pathways to decarbonisation at Melbourne University. While being an oil and gas company, Bentham underlines ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... fund to receive a score above 50. This score is a combined ranking of the fund and its underlying assets, which include Melbourne Airport, Interlink (Sydney's M5 motorway) and Powerco in New Zealand, AMP said. "... ADIT and its assets have had strong ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... to school on the lands. This is only one example of The Oasis Project's work. At the Ethical Enterprise Conference in Melbourne last week, Ray Pratt, CEO of AllGrid Energy, presented how the Oasis Project aims to give off-grid communities the tools to ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership (CISL) is offering a non-executive director programme for the first time in Melbourne next year, as an extension of its sustainability training programmes for corporate executives. Terence Jeyaretnam, EY ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... management projects for participation in future auctions. Michelle Bruce, manager at the Clean Energy Regulator, spoke at the Melbourne Waste Expo 2016 earlier this month and presented to the waste industry on how to participate in the Emissions Reduction ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released emissions performance trajectory data for commercial offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The data sets can be used to assess whether office buildings, proposed developments ...