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Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Greenfleet, a reforestation not-for-profit, has had two of its reforestation projects registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Greenfleet used the CFI's Sequestration: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... CEFC will provide AU$37.5 million in senior debt finance for the construction and operation of the Taralga Wind Farm, 45 km north of Goulburn, NSW. CEFC are participating in the international consortium that is providing approximately AU$280 million ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Biofuels company Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Macquarie Generation to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility beside a 2640MW coal-fired power station in New South Wales. The agreement with Macquarie Generation, which is owned ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... combined with increased levels of consumer awareness and media attention. "The report definitely shows that Australia is behind North America and Europe," said Alison McIvor, ACSI's executive manager, communication, strategy and public affairs, "The ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report was BHP Billiton, which received a B in 2013, the same grade as 2012. Overall, North American companies lagged UK and European counterparts, the report noted. North American companies comprised 34 of the 50 largest ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... in the Asia Pacific region, while Thailand joined the index for the first time. Conversely, a number of Middle East and North Africa countries - Egypt, Tunisia, and the UAE are cited - fell out of the top 40. See Also: Government to maintain existing ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Golden North project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Ice cream brand Golden North has received financing from Low Carbon Australia to improve its refrigeration as part of an AU$3 million expansion project. Golden North spend will spend AU$895,000 in refrigeration improvements as part of the expansion ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Additional government funding will allow Community Sector Banking to extend loans to hundreds more people in Queensland and northern New South Wales, according to Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking's executive director. Peter Quarmby, Community ...