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Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... available for lending and investment in social and affordable housing and services by 2017. Westpac was not the only Australian company to be listed in the Global 100 - ANZ came in at number 20, Commonwealth Bank at 25, Stockland at 32, and Wesfarmers ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Kyoto-compliant credits to be generated and then sold overseas, although if the CPM is abolished, the proposed link between the Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) and the European Union's ETS would be severed. The exact breakdown of the types ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... fund averages, D'Souza said. The fund says it will aim to invest in solution to overcome "grand challenges" facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient ...

ARENA co-funds South Australia solar thermal power study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will contribute AU$1 million to a feasibility study into solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta, South Australia. ARENA will partner with natural gas and electricity provider, Alinta, and the South ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... held 22% of directorships at superannuation funds in 2013, an increase from 16% in 2006, according to data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But although there is a higher percentage of women holding directorships in superannuation ...

Australia passes 2m mark for small-scale renewable systems

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the financial incentives derived from the Renewable Energy Target have made small-scale systems more affordable to Australian customers. "The Clean Energy Regulator estimates the two million small-scale installations have a capacity to generate or displace ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies Paladin Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... content elements while increasing the flexibility of the framework's application by companies, according to the three Australian organisations participating in the International Integrated Reporting Council's pilot programme. Janette O'Neill, head of ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... rental housing, and the Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund, that will provide $200 million in venture capital for Australian renewable energy companies. Rickards also pointed to the recently launched New South Wales social benefit bonds as another ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... pension fund member campaigns ramp up their activities. The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has been joined by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) on The Vital Few, a project that asks people to contact their superannuation fund demanding ...