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ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... a simple, cost-effective solar energy storage solution. Half of the investment - AU$3.8 million - has come from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the other AU$3.8 million has come from Softbank China Venture Capital (SBCVC). This is ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are still exposed to risks including poor working conditions, lack ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... billion per year to 2020. The CFI would be retained under the DAP because it would provide a mechanism for generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that can be sold to the government for abatement purposes. There are mechanisms in place under ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure and rule of law," he said. However, although overseas institutional investors are looking to invest in Australian farmland, only a "small number" of Australian superannuation funds have invested in Australian farmland, and "they have generally ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Australia has been too little and too slow, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide up to AU$50 million in senior debt finance for the development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO New Energy has two major waste-to-gas ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... work together to "enhance the management and development of an innovative range of impact investment products for the Australian market," Foresters said. "Foresters achievements in the emerging impact investment sector are growing strongly with close ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. It also operates the Uniting Growth Fund, the Development Fund and the Funeral Fund for individuals, self-managed ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity (TEEB) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)." Although the report didn't analyse any Australian-based projects, the conclusions are applicable to abatement activities in Australia, Salisbury said, cit the Aboriginal ...