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Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... engines at the biogas plant we are operating at AJ Bush and Sons meat and poultry rendering plant at Beaudesert in Queensland." For its part, Low Carbon Australia will be able to assist with providing finance for qualifying projects. "Low Carbon Australia ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... stakeholders. In 2010, MoneyBusiness was brought to 167 communities in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, and more than 3,000 Indigenous people have participated. The review said the program's flexibility is a source of strength ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The percentage of women on ASX200 boards has risen to 13.9%, but it is the state-owned corporations of Queensland and South Australia that have the highest representation of women on boards, with 38.4% and 49.1%, respectively, according to the latest ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its first loan to a Queensland social enterprise that will provide accommodation to people in Cairns and Indigenous people from Cape York who travel to Cairns for health services. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... (ARENA). The federal government will also provide AU$40.7m under the Education Investment Fund to the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales to conduct related research. The NSW Government has also committed to provide AU$64.9m to ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... including the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria. Ten who completed their traineeship in New South Wales and Queensland accepted permanent positions at NAB. The bank also reported that six Indigenous candidates were recruited to the bank ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia has helped finance the $1.6m upgrade of a 7,000 square metre office and retail building in Ipswich, Queensland. The redevelopment of Trident's Limestone Street Centre featured upgrades to lighting, air-conditioning and a building management ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... automatic tick for a loan because of it." The program will look to Victorian community organisations and organisations in Queensland, where Foresters is based. The bankmecu/Foresters partnership is also independent of Foresters' other programs. Foresters ...

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining names director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), which is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at the University of Queensland. Ali will join the University of Queensland as CSRM's new leader in late 2012. He comes to CSRM from the University of Vermont ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental incidents of "major or greater consequences", identified beneficial use opportunities for formation water in Queensland and embedded carbon pricing systems. In community targets, Santos established three new agreements with Aboriginal groups ...