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ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The world's first wave-energy-to-electricity unit has been launched in Port MacDonnell, South Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced. ARENA provided funding to Oceanlinx, which designed and constructed the one megawatt ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Joko Widodo in next year's presidential election. Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand were the in the top 10 quintile for performance against sovereign risk, according to BlackRock. India ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Companies that are currently liable under the carbon pricing mechanism (CPM) face uncertainty over their compliance and potential pricing arrangements if the government's proposed legislation to repeal the price on carbon is not passed by July 2014. ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethinvest is supporting a campaign to have climate advocate Ian Dunlop appointed to the BHP Board at its November AGM. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm founded on ethical investment principles, is supporting ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Finlayson, senior vice president, product manager, asset servicing strategic initiatives at Northern Trust. Finlayson is in Australia to meet with clients and potential asset servicing clients and spoke with The Sustainability Report on the increased ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Neil Salisbury, Net Balance director. "Climate change poses a significant risk to human settlements, particularly in Australia with our love of living in coastal and highly treed areas. These environments will see the brunt of climate change impact - ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... fund manager investment skill, has been several years in the making, said Amanda Field, managing director, Inalytics Australia. Because PIRC evaluates a company's corporate governance on four categories and a total of 16 sub-issues and indicators, the ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) developed The Future Economy Group, and they say their mission is to quantify how vulnerable Victoria's economy ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Awards, for energy management at its Marketplace Leichhardt property. "The results of this year's GRESB survey show that Australia and New Zealand lead the world in sustainability in the real estate sector," Lambert said. "We are proud that other local ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
There is a new push in Australia to raise the profile of the co-operative and mutual business model, which proponents say inherently melds social and economic goals while contributing to a diversified economy. Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO (Photo courtesy ...