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Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... volatility. In terms of the emergence of any exchange, I think that there are few people jostling for that spot, and the [Sydney Futures Exchange] is probably going to be the main one. To a certain extent, carbon is being traded on the SFE - through ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Energy Efficiency Information Grants (EEIG) program by the Net Balance Foundation, who will work alongside the City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, City of Perth and other partner councils. "The CitySwitch program is closely aligned with Net Balance's ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Electricity Demand Management, was carried out by the Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology Sydney. Demand management involves assisting customers to save energy and reduce demand to defer the need for new supply infrastructure. ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... conjunction with CDP's long-standing partner, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40). Among the participants are the City of Sydney and the City of Melbourne. Overall, the report found that cities are improving energy efficiency- the top three most ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... launched an AU$7 million SBB funding the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside, which operates out of four centres in Sydney's west. The program is designed to prevent children entering foster care and improve the rate of children being safely returned ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... payments. Bradbury made that statement during last month's Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) conference in Sydney. Australia's EITI pilot started in July 2012 and the AU$500,000 cost was funded by the Department of Resources, Energy ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Woodside Petroleum were finalists. bankmecu won the award for integrated reporting, with Dexus, National Australia Bank and Sydney Water coming in as finalists. Woodside Petroleum won the award for report of the year - commercial. bankmecu also won an ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Ventures Australia (SVA) and will fund the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside, which operates out of four centres in Sydney's west. The program is designed to prevent children entering foster care and improve the rate of children being safely ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... companies and civil society representatives during the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) conference in Sydney last week. During the conference, EITI announced reforms to the existing standard to further push the amount of disclosure. ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) later this year. Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury Speaking at the EITI conference in Sydney on Thursday, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury said that Australia's EITI pilot will end in the middle of this year ...