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PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
A coalition of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) - including Australian superannuation funds - have called on palm oil companies to comply with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria. The signatories ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the financial risks involved in fossil-fuel divestment are minimal, and can be largely offset by substituting oil, gas and coal stocks with portfolios of more environmentally attractive alternatives," Impax said. "That these more environmentally attractive ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 by the New South Wales government ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Citi analysts say coal miners, aluminium/alumina producers, and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay Australia is urging the federal government to adopt standards of mandatory disclosure for companies in the mining and extractive industry. Publish What you Pay Australia's push comes as the European Parliament voted in favour of ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... to fossil fuels overall - with 7.7% of the ASX200 market capitalisation relating to oil and gas, 1.5% related to thermal coal production- which Citi sees as potentially at greatest risk - 2.0% to coking coal and the remaining 2.8% to "related businesses." ...

Greens call on Future Fund to divest from coal companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The leader of the Australian Greens party has called for the Future Fund to divest its investments in coal companies. Senator Christine Milne "Earlier this year the Future Fund ditched its tobacco investments in response to a campaign led by the Greens," ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of carbon is taken into account. "The analysis also suggests that large-scale solar PV could be cost competitive with new coal or gas plants by 2020, with other renewable technologies such as biomass and solar thermal following suit by 2030," the report ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The government's proposed 2013-2014 budget provides both approval and disappointment for advocates of the clean energy and energy efficiency industries, as measures impact on funding of both the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean ...