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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 ...

SVA names Mark Herbertt Queensland director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... enterprises in collaborative projects with local, state and federal government, SVA said. SVA also manages the Social Impact Fund, which has granted a loan to Ability Enterprises in Toowoomba. Ability's social goal is to create 60 jobs for people with ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has joined the I nternational Climate Bond Standards Board. IGCC represents more than 85 European institutional investors, with total funds under management of approximately EUR7.5 trillion. ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... responsibility that superannuation truest have lends itself to having better diversity on boards. The responsibility of a super fund is to manage for the future the retirement savings of working Australians. When you're looking at people's retirement ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... outperform the APAC and the Global sample on the implementation of sustainability objectives. 89% of ANREV members have a fund or portfolio manager involved in a sustainability taskforce or committee, compared to 74% for the Global average and 76% for ...

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 ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Standard has established a Low-Carbon Transport working group which will develop eligibility criteria to certify low-carbon transport-related bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair The group consists of Michael Replogle, managing ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The final version of the Integrated Reporting framework has given greater clarity to how companies can report on materiality and content elements while increasing the flexibility of the framework's application by companies, according to the three Australian ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... market's development in Australia. The report makes the case that impact investment has a legitimate role within superannuation fund portfolios, and that there is evidence that a "well-executed impact investment strategy provides trustees the opportunity ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... of all asset owners. AODP said. The top five pension funds based on their performance were the Environment Agency Pension Fund (UK), LGS, CalPERS (USA), PFZW/PGGM (Netherlands) and VicSuper. The two highest ranking insurance companies, the UK's Aviva ...