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Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... it for expansion in the near future." Under the financing structure, NovaPower has a longer debt tenure, reflecting the nature of the assets, Collins said. "We have some long-life assets and we wanted to amortize the debt over a longer time-frame than ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... 73 [3] Randers 2052 p 55 [4] Frame DJ and Stone DA, Assessment of the first consensus prediction on climate change' in Nature Climate Change (2012) 9/12/2012 http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1763.html [5] Randers 2052 ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... there are some initiatives that are already discussions and being acted upon by businesses." Because of the non-linear nature of education and vocation, plus the demands of extended family and community, flexible learning and working arrangements can ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... saying that the potential impacts of climate change are even more far-reaching. "The subprime crisis was technical in its nature, climate change isn't," he said. "Trustees won't escape the climate crisis if you like... This is a wake-up call for those ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... division has its own human resources function. Across each division, there were initiatives to reduce injuries tailored to the nature of the business. Wesfarmers also detailed overall policies to encourage gender diversity, and training and development ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... was the issue of product responsibility, garnering only 14% of mentions by stakeholders. This surprised ACCSR, but the nature of the open-ended interview methodology did not permit exploration of why that might be so. "It's not a top of mind issue for ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Integrating political risk into the calculations of a bond's risk profile is an important additional tool because of the nature of fixed income and is asymmetric return profile. Upside return is capped at the coupon yield, but there is the possibility ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... and diffusion stage. It's sitting down to work out what is the minimum necessary in terms of government support and the nature of that support to get a particular business outcome ARENA's tech expertise is absolutely important, that's what the government ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... and reviewed some of the barriers to engaging with AIMSC suppliers, "a majority of which are small businesses and of a nature we would not normally engage directly." The company said it would continue the IIRC pilot in 2013 and would work "seek to further ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... is not just about identifying risks, but also identifying the opportunities that arise from utilising the services that nature provides us with. "On the opportunities side, there are opportunities related to the protection of natural habits and the integrated ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

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The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

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