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Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Total Energy Ventures International, ARENA said. "This investment will help Sunverge Energy establish operations in Australia and bring its unique technology and utility-centric business model to our shores," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Sunverge ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Although work is underway in Bangladesh to improve the fire and building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... methodologies, such as the savanna burning methodology in what's known as the 1,000 millimetre rain zone for the very top of Australia. There are a number of Indigenous groups that support a proposal to apply a similar methodology to savanna areas with ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... fund managers Groupe La Francaise, a European fund manager with approximately US$50 billion in assets under management. Australia is an attractive destination for pension fund investment in agriculture, due to "diversified climate, strong infrastructure ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Agenda Research Institute The report, Public Service Mutuals: The case for a Third-way for delivering public services in Australia, was commissioned by the Business Council for Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) and conducted by Net Balance. It is designed ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Progress in integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Australia has been too little and too slow, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Hedland (Boodarie) in the Pilbara and the other at Rockingham near Perth. CEFC's finance will assist in developing Western Australia's first municipal waste-to-gas project. The facilities will generate "cost competitive, base load energy and a lower ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... As part of the agreement, InterFinancial acquired shares in Foresters' funds management subsidiary, Social Investment Australia (SIA). The partnership with InterFinancial is "the first phase" in a broader capital strategy to expand Foresters' scope and ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... it's a speck on the map in Western Cape York." Although this is Natural Capital's first savannah burning CFI project in Australia, the conglomerate has experience in related projects and other expertise, Toyne said. "This is the first methodology we ...