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Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Ethical managing director. "While other fund managers may be investing heavily in industries with an uncertain future, like coal, we're making positive investments that benefit the planet, people and animals. We invest in sectors such as IT, healthcare ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
The mining sector is showing "signs of progress in its operational emissions management, reduced exposure to thermal coal and capital allocation in the context of a low-carbon transition," but continues to face continued risk from downstream regulation ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Companies will be operating in different jurisdictions, different products and services, building power plants, might be mining coal in Indonesia, different regions, different jurisdictions. The logical place to start is with exposure." The survey notes ...

CEFC allocates up to $150 million to Qube Holdings for transport terminal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions savings equivalent to removing 11,000 vehicles from the road for a full year or burning 25,000 tonnes of coal Generate 65,000 MWh/year from renewable energy sources installed on site, capable of powering over 10,000 homes. (source: CEFC) ...

Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The government will establish the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), an affordable housing bond aggregator designed to attract private and institutional investment and provider cheaper, longer-term finance to the development ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... license to operate. Poole was asked about social license ot operate and community engagement in the context of the Adani coal mine and Aurizon's role in transporting coal from the controversial proposed mining development. "For me, it fundamentally starts ...

CEFC makes tenth large scale solar project allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... farm in Queensland. The $100 million project, run by RATCH-Australia Corporation, will see the company redevelop a disused coal-fired power station at Collinsville as a 42.5MW (AC) solar farm. The project is also receiving $9.5 million funding from the ...

CEFC lends $30 million to ResourceCo for conversion of waste into PEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... non-recyclable waste streams into processed engineered fuel (PEF), which is used in cement kilns. PEF reduces reliance on coal and other fossil fuels. The fuel will initially be used locally, but is also intended to be exported as an alternative to coal ...

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... industry components, they were indicating that it was at least 20 years out for Australia. It's not viable to focus CCS on coal fired generation, if we're at least 20 years out." For example, the Credit Suisse report notes that AGL, which has disclosed ...

Morphic Asset Management launches ethical global equities LIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... our view is that there is a long-term tailwind to help us," Lowenstein said. "We are pretty confident we've reached peak coal demand, and we're close to reaching peak oil demand. At the same time, the technologies for producing oil are getting better ...