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350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... here in Australia." The report, Climate proofing your investments: Moving funds out of fossil fuels, noted that the Australian Stock Exchange's fossil fuel intensity is lower than many international peers, both in terms of total carbon and in terms of ...

CEFC, CBA finance efficiency upgrades for food processors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... remain competitive in a rapidly changing environment." Separately, CEFC has also announced it is working with leading Australian biogas specialist Quantum Power Limited, providing finance to clients to catalyse up to $40 million in new biogas infrastructure ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The South Australian government will support a Good Shepherd Microfinance retail site in Adelaide to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam ...

New national law for co-ops and mutuals to cut red tape

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... law, said Heidi Victoria, the Victorian state minister responsible for co-ops. All states and territories signed the Australian Uniform Co-operative Laws Agreement in February 2012 and the remaining jurisdictions will introduce the new laws. "Co-ops ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has increased the number of Indigenous trainees offered jobs by 74%, has increased the overall number of Indigenous employees by 13% and reports that their Indigenous Money Mentor program has created $4.20 in social value per ...

ASX could include ESG language in new governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) could, from 1 July, recommend that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are identified and managed when it publishes the third edition of the Corporate Governance ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of emissions reductions, and finally, SMF supports inclusion of "make good" provisions, allowing participants to use Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) "to address under-delivery of agreed emission reductions." Bocskay also noted that the government ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... in assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. The fund manager's fossil fuel policy stipulates that it will not directly invest in companies involved ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... promote a positive, viable alternative to the current financial system," according to the GABV. bankmecu is the only Australian member of the GABV and is host of next week's annual meeting. "At our last conference last year, which was held in Berlin ...

AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... commissioned Trucost to examine the portfolios' exposure to fossil fuel extractive companies, and found that both the Australian portfolio and the international portfolio are less exposed to fossil fuel extractive companies than the ASX300 and MSCI All ...