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City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has been certified carbon neutral under National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) by Low Carbon Australia. "As part of our work we're delivering new waste management solutions, upgrading several of our council buildings by installing ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) and bankmecu have announced that the customer-owned bank will become a provider of finance for environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). graphic courtesy SMF bankmecu said that it would consider lending on terms as far ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... responsible investment Mercer has made those recommendations to superannuation fund clients at an investor forum in Melbourne this week. In a discussion entitled "Fair Capitalism - a Manifesto for Change", Jane Ambachtsheer, global head of responsible ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... street lighting energy costs by about one third. Warrnambool City Council, located just over 260 kilometres south-west of Melbourne, has a population of almost 34,000 and an average growth rate of 1.8% per cent.

ACCSR focus on responsible leadership in conference, report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... address the topic of responsible leadership in the opening speech of the conference, which will be held on 13 February in Melbourne. The conference will take up this issue using case studies and other discussions throughout the day, and is also the topic ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance has opened a retail site in Melbourne to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney at the Good Money launch ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) told The Sustainability Report during CarbonExpo in Melbourne this week. "That had been trending very high for a long time, many years, and many people felt an obligation to report carbon ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... question of, what is the price going to be," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero, speaking from the CarbonExpo conference in Melbourne. "When I'm talking to people, it's a different debate we're having. It's a debate of, well is Europe going to set aside ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Queensland Urban Utilities, Mainroads Western Australia, Melbourne City Council, and the ABC. GRI Focal Point Australia is advocating for policies on consistent sustainability reporting by ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Vega Press, a Melbourne-based printing company, has been certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The family-owned company employs about 70 staff and prints products including magazines, marketing materials, annual reports, newspaper inserts ...