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GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the reporting cycle." The Australian GRI Focal Point is working with local investors and groups to raise this issue in Australia as well, said Victoria Whitaker, network manager, Focal Point Australia, Global Reporting Initiative. "Globally, we have ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Flagships program. "At the end of the day it all comes down to cost, and if large scale solar is going to succeed in Australia it has to be cost competitive." Ferguson said. "We have seen the cost of solar PV come down dramatically and this has allowed ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Omega Global Investors is a specialist fixed income investment manager based in Melbourne. Omega received a nearly AU$170m mandate from the nearly AU$6bn Local Government Super superannuation fund to implement a global government bond strategy that ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolio has certain tilts of underweights and overweights. "The sustainability analysis takes us overweight Scandinavia, Australia and NZ and underweights us European countries (with no exposure to PIGS: Portugal, Italy Greece and Spain) and heavily ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed an agreement outlining how they will manage regulatory responsibilities under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... such as the forthcoming Australian National Broadband Network. "There is a scope for core bonds in a range of areas [in Australia]," he said. "There will be some issuance this year of core climate bonds. As well as that, the Australian government could ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... relatively stable," the letter said. "Our net flows have compared favourably to peers. Almost every fund manager in Australia is experiencing net outflows; our dividends have remained relatively stable over the past four years; our total shareholder ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... substantially in the past 15 years, the report noted. The report noted that some companies with operations limited to Australia said they did not need to have formal policies on labour and human rights because those protections are already codified in ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Former South Australia Premier Mike Rann has been appointed incoming chair of Low Carbon Australia by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet. "Mr Rann brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, to our organisation at a time ...