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Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... construction as at the end of September, which will add 1073 MW of new clean energy capacity to the national electricity market. Seven of those projects are wind-0based, including the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm in western Victoria the largest of those ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... generators already have AFS licenses because they trade in derivatives. The draft legislation provides a transitional period of seven months to "provide a transitional period of seven months to allow stakeholders sufficient time to comply with their ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the chairperson was a former executive. The study notes that Macquarie has since appointed a new chairperson. In the other seven cases the chairperson was an independent non-executive director on the entity's classification but not that of ACSI - AGL ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the past two years. The Triodos investment has a time horizon of three to five years, while MicroVest is a longer term, seven to 10 year proposition, mainly because the equity nature of the vehicle means that exiting investments follow more traditional ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... degrees in business administration, law, arts, economics, project management, environmental science and social admiration. Seven women hold a doctorate. Of the 235 women, at least 13 have received Australian honours awards, the report notes. Eds note ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of seven countries evaluating the maturity of information and communication technology (ICT) sustainability practices has found that Australia is a midrange performer and that its performance in implementing and institutionalising sustainable ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released standards specific to the construction and real estate sectors, demonstrating how companies can report carbon emissions, management and remediation of contaminated land, and sub-contracted labour issues ...

Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... reduced over time. Trucost performed similar research in 2008, analysing 9 superannuation funds, and found that of those nine, seven have reduced their carbon footprints since 2008, one fund by as much as 31%

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales (NSW) based Local Government Super (LGS) has seen nine of its 11 directly owned buildings upgraded from five NABERS stars to six stars, the maximum score for environmental performance of commercial buildings. One of LGS's properties ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... leadership team. The report notes that Woolworths has undertaken "water saving initiatives [that] paid for themselves within seven months." The company recognizes climate change, direct use of water and the effect of drought, waste generation and store ...