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CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... of Aboriginal Carbon Fund, a not-for-profit company that develops CFI projects. "Traditionally, there have been two industries - pastoralism, tourism, and now the third one is carbon farming. When looking at a viable economic activity on native lands ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... country-by-country and project-by-project basis. Both of these proposals are the crux of Publish What You Pay and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. While BEPS has been a concern in the developing world, it is now increasingly an issue ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... attention," Fabian said. "There also issues around what are the energy efficiency opportunities of energy-using companies and industries and how are they reducing the cost base and the emissions profile, and what is that doing to the profile of a company ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... which will lift the exchange's operations to the next level." The Shenzhen exchange encompasses 635 companies and 26 industries. Shenzhen is a special economic zone in China's south-east. It has one of the world's largest fleets of electric vehicles ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Management & Technology, GWA Group, Sonic Healthcare, Infigen Energy, Tox Free Solutions, Ingenia Communities, Transpacific Industries Group, Invocare Limited, TPG Telecom Limited, and Kathmandu Holdings.

CEFC provides $20m loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... managing director. "With our wave energy resource and technology capabilities particularly in the offshore oil and gas industries we believe there is significant potential for Australia to be a leader in this field which can create new industry and export ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Bank, NRW Holdings, Orica, QBE Insurance, Qube Holdings, Suncorp, Toll Holdings, Transfield Services, Transpacific Industries, UGL, Westpac and WorleyParsons. US-based analysts at investment manager Aperio Group ran models of the impact on a listed equities ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australiana Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "For most industries, the impact on the supply chain is from the indirect suppliers.... The tipping point in a sustainable supply chain is going ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the G20 for 2014. PWYP Australia is also part of the multi-stakeholder group that is evaluating the pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) program that was carried out from July 2012 to June 2013. The report by the multi-stakeholder ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... state of New South Wales requires government permission before embarking on a CFI project. NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson endorsed the project, which was subsequently approved by the federal government. "There are other potential ...