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Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... using a combination of Vestas V90-2.0 MW, V100-1.8 MW and V90-3.0 MW turbines, CEFC said. It is estimated to avoid Australian carbon emissions by 250,000 tonnes a year. " The joint venture between CBD Energy and Santander combines the considerable experience ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
A majority of Australian businesses would prefer to see a floating price emissions trading scheme as opposed to the current fixed price regime, according to a survey by Businesses for a Clean Economy. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson Businesses for a Clean ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... received a C, Nestle and HSBC Holdings to a B, and Merck and Company has been awarded an A grading. The only other Australian company in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report was BHP Billiton, which received a B in 2013, the same grade as 2012. Overall ...

AMP Capital hires ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... form Sustainable Investments Research Institute (SIRIS), and has extensive experience in ESG research, particularly Australian and Asian companies, as well as proxy voting. Samuel will work on proxy voting, particularly in International securities, and ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... organisation like PRI," said Reynolds, who joined PRI in February after previously working as chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). "We've got signatories from developing countries that are starting down the path ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Thus, the earliest that a Coalition government could get a bill passed by the Senate would be July 2014, unless the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and/or the Greens capitulate on the issue. "We view this as very unlikely," the Citi report said. "Instead ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... to consider how their superannuation money is being invested from both a tax and an ethics perspective, according to Australian Ethical. In a recent communication, the ethical superannuation and fund management provider suggested that in addition to ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Ann Byrne, chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) will step down in October. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne has been ACSI CEO for more than five years, and recently informed ACSI's Committee of Management of her decision. ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Publish What You Pay Australia. "Will it wake them up?" Civil society groups, investors and investor groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors are pressing for mandatory disclosure of payments mining and extractive companies make ...