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Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... under a Creative Commons License, and "brings together the environmental strands of climate, water, energy, biodiversity and waste into a uniform strategic approach," according to the coalition behind the Natural Capital Protocol's development. It will ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... issued from January 2005 to May 2016, from 780 individual issuers across transport, energy, buildings and industry, water, waste and pollution and agriculture and forestry. Obviously, the universe is dominated by unlabelled climate-aligned bonds - bonds ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... production and refining in Australia, said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Our agricultural industries have an abundance of plant waste that can be ideal biocrude feedstock and there are several potential markets for selling green fuels including aviation ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
A multi-stakeholder partnership has developed and launched the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard), designed to set global definitions and reporting requirements for managing food loss and waste. The Food Loss and Waste ...

Verdia to assist companies on energy efficiency project design

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency equipment, low emissions vehicle, projects that upgrade the energy efficiency of buildings, energy-from-waste projects, and projects registered for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the Emissions Reduction Fund. "Being able ...

CEFC commits to Westpac Efficient Financing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency equipment, low emissions vehicle, projects that upgrade the energy efficiency of buildings, energy-from-waste projects, and projects registered for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the Emissions Reduction Fund. Westpac customers ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Globally, companies that are exposed to water scarcity risks are managing those risks poorly, according to research from Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics has published Water Scarcity: Will Investors Be Left High and Dry?, which points to three key contextual ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... and private equities, fixed interest and property including renewable energy generation and clean technology development, waste and recycling processing, energy efficiency and sustainable agriculture." A total of 33 Australian institutions are on the ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... the Port of Townsville." RDA intends to grow sugarcane and sweet sorghum for biofuel production and will process biomass waste, Frischknecht said. "A 'lignin' by-product would fuel a purpose built 32 megawatt co-generation power plant, with excess lignin ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... million in bioenergy projects in Australia, potentially ranging from small-scale anaerobic digestion plants to mid-scale waste to energy developments, Foresight Group said. Sofarelli is Foresight Group's first local hire and Foresight will shortly open ...