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GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Focal Point of the Global Reporting Initiative is mirroring work at the international level to have language put into the Rio+20 outcomes documents calling for listed and large private companies around the world to put sustainability ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
AGL Energy and solar photovoltaic manufacturer First Solar will receive an AU$129.7m federal government grant to help finance a 159 megawatt solar power project. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The AU$450m project will be built in Broken Hill and ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Omega Global Investors is a specialist fixed income investment manager based in Melbourne. Omega received a nearly AU$170m mandate from the nearly AU$6bn Local Government Super superannuation fund to implement a global government bond strategy that ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
More than 1800 companies joined the UN Global Compact in 2011, a 54% increase over 2010 growth figures, but an annual survey showed that while signatories are building environmental and social factors into strategies and policies, there are wide gaps ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has moved all of its nearly AU$170m government bond allocation to a strategy that explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into the selection process, including a specific allocation of ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed an agreement outlining how they will manage regulatory responsibilities under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Energy and carbon management consultancy Pangolin Associates will partner with PKF, an accountancy and business advisory firm, to collaborate on the provision of climate change related services. Iain Smale Pangolin Associates and PKF have previously ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
There is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds ...