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Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... preserve their working capital." EELs can fund a variety of equipment upgrades, including energy efficient lighting, industrial refrigeration, methane capture, heat exchangers, energy efficient motors, pumps and fans, solar panels, compressed air and ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "We are all going through massive change," he said. "I like how Jeremy Rifkin puts it. We are at the start of a third industrial revolution. That means change. We may not always be aware that this is where we are. But it's inevitable. And it's logical. ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have renewed their partnership. The two organisations have a long-standing collaboration that has resulted in the Global Compact's 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to the transport sector in 2013 - increased cost of poor occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance, risk of industrial action and corporate governance issues, according to Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, senior ESG research analyst. Direct and indirect ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Group, considered retail for the purposes of the survey, Stockland for residential, Australian Prime Property Fund Industrial, managed by Lend Lease, as the industrial sector leader, and GFSGAM's Commonwealth Bank Group Super (CBGSA) the diversified ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the core office, industrial and retail sectors. It reported a statutory profit after tax of AU$16.7m for the 2011-2012 financial year, with operating ...

ClimateWorks Australia developing GHG reductions index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... country's progress to achieving its stated target of 5% emissions reduction by 2020. It will initially focus on the large industrial sector in the first index, but will expand in the following year to provide an economy-wide perspective, including the ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... proportion of companies with no board roles held by female directors represent the materials at 54.35%, energy at 50% and industrial sectors at 46.43%. The AICD report found that the average size of ASX200 company boards were fairly consistent over the ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... human, natural, institutional and financial capital can take advantage of the changes in global markets. This requires industrial and policy collaboration last seen in the 1980s. Given the hopelessly partisan and ideological positions often quoted in ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Richgro waste-to-energy plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... waste-to-energy plant will cost more than AU$3.3m and has the capacity to process 35,000 tonnes a year of commercial and industrial organic waste that could be diverted from landfill, said Geoff Richards, Richgro managing director. "Quality, passion ...