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Government announces plan to abolish ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced plans to repeal the Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011 and abolish ARENA, a move that would return AU$1.3 billion to consolidated revenue. Treasurer Joe Hockey unveiled the 2014/2015 budget on Tuesday ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... will undertake research into climate change policy and the role of public activism, specifically the last decade of environment policy making and public engagement in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, University of Melbourne said. His research will ...

Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) has been selected as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Australian global partner. SBA will work with WBCSD as part of its global network to "collaborate on business solutions to complex ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... convergence and interplay of risks should be integrated into how trustees think about the investment and operating environment now and in the future, Birgden said. "The other thing that is important is to go back to the role of the trustee board in the ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The world's largest impact investors say they expect to commit US$12.7 billion to impact investments in 2014, a 19% increase over 2013, according to a survey conducted by.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). T he J.P. Morgan/GIIN ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... order, to get to that trillion dollars of capital." In Australia, this task is complicated by an uncertain policy environment. The Liberal coalition government climate policy's main objectives are the repeal of the current Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the project around AU$877,000 through the Community Energy Efficiency Program, and the NSW government's Office of Environment and Heritage provided funding assistance for a preliminary energy audit through its Energy Saver program. CEFC has provided ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... methodologies have been endorsed by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in beef cattle through feeding nitrate containing ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange will work together to develop products to drive more trades and create business opportunities. Shenzhen is the first city in China to begin with an emissions trading ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The World Bank has issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. Mark Goddard, executive director, head of debt securities, Westpac Institutional Bank ...