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Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia is providing financing for an AU$11m pilot energy project in regional Victoria that will potentially improve power security during peak demand through providing lower-emissions power generation. Site of NovaPower's energy project ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens third Good Money site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney at the Good Money launch in Geelong, Victoria in April The retail site in the inner city suburb of Collingwood is Good Shepherd Microfinance's third hub, along with a ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... adjustment of boundary and supply chain reporting, and will cause companies to focus on human rights disclosures, said Victoria Whitaker, head of Focal Point Australia at GRI, during the panel discussion.

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... information, ensuring that vital performance information is disclosed - and integrated into core strategy and practices," said Victoria Whitaker, Head of GRI's Focal Point Australia in a media statement. "It's amazing that government departments and ...

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 ...

Foresters finances Eating Disorders Victoria service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has financed an expanded counseling service for Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) through its Social Enterprise Solutions program. The loan will provide funds for EDV to provide community-based early intervention and ongoing ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Declaration, which has 38 signatories in total. At a recent seminar organized by the United Nations Association of Australia, Victoria Division, and sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB), NAB and others spoke as to how and why institutions should ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Jillian Broadbent has been named chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with Michael Carapiet, Ian Moore, Anna Skarbek and Andrew Stock also named to the CEFC board. Broadbent, a member of the board of the Reserve Bank, chaired the CEFC ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... also provide information that can augment government decision making, noted Des Pearson, auditor general of the state of Victoria. "From a public sector perspective I think this form of report is really the true story," he said. ".... To me the value ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Buildings in Cardinia Shire in Victoria and Great Lakes Council in New South Wales will undergo energy efficiency overhauls via part funding from Low Carbon Australia. Cardina Shire's health and recreation facility has received AU$225,913 in Low Carbon ...