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Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative, the Clean Energy Business Council of the Middle East and North Africa and The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association have formed a working group to develop best practices and promote the issuance of "green" sukuks, Sharia-compliant ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... savanna fire management, which "involves the use of controlled fire management across savannas in the fire prone tropical north of Australia to reduce the area of a project that is burnt each year; and/or shift the seasonality of this burning from the ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... low-carbon investments. IGCC, in conjunction with the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), launched the 2012 Global Investor Survey on Climate Change, which will ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has reported certifying 100 Green Star building projects in one calendar year. This is the highest number of certifications that GBCA has done since certifying 88 projects in 2009. GBCA launched the Green ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... McDonald said. In addition to support from the City of Sydney, there is interest by councils and local owners in Parramatta, North Sydney, Newcastle, and Wollongong in NSW, McDonald said. McDonald was not able to give an expected rate of return for financiers ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 85% and allow the building to operate independently of the electricity grid within a year. The upgrade of 76 Berry Street, North Sydney, was a tri-generation project that combined cooling, heat and power using Australian technologies such as the Shaw ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... us, and they have that exposure to Pacific Hydro as well as to two other low carbon assets, Ecogen Energy in Victoria, and North American Energy Alliance in the US, which together have a suite of predominantly gas-fired power stations with some hydro ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... The LGS-owned properties that received the 6 stars are: 118-120 Sussex St, Sydney; 28 Margaret St, Sydney; 76 Berry St, North Sydney; 181 Miller St, North Sydney; 100 Christie St, St Leonards; 2-4 Lyon Park Rd, North Ryde; Village Centre, Batemans Bay ...

R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) has purchased a AU$13m pastoral property in the Northern Territory with the goal of funding the restoration and conservation of land through the sale of carbon rights and bio-diversity values. Bacon Range ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian cattle industry has been whiplashed by the effects of a five-week-long suspension of live export of cattle to Indonesia. The suspension was prompted by the public outcry after broadcaster ABC showed instances of animal cruelty at Indonesian ...