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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... homes. The Solar Flagships Council found the AGL project had the overall highest level of merit and represented value-for-money, low risk and high commercial viability, said Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. The Solar Flagships Council ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... went to the financing the change of the diesel busses. Where that's good as a green bond investor is that you're lending money to the World Bank - it's AAA rated, it's backed by governments, they have their own balance sheet, they have good governance ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... can direct attention into certified green products. It's as much about transparency as anything else. You know where your money goes." Because the mandate is constructed to reduce risks from ESG signals and to take advantage of opportunities based on ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... excluded people in Victoria. The initiative will provide access to no-interest loans, which will be administered by Good Money, and StepUP low-interest loans, with an interest rate of 3.99%, which are administered by NAB. "At the end of the day, banks ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... transition phase -they are going from traditional media to new media," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Companies are struggling to make money from digital media. They're all trying to adjust to the new alignment. It's hard to make money from social media. It's ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... customers to help them with tenders. There are compliance reasons, there are costs reasons -companies simply want to save money by being more efficient, and the fourth thing is that there are businesses that want to do the right thing and save the planet. ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... this level. It basically means that one, people who are putting solar panels on the roof and the installation are losing money because the price of certificates is so low. Two, the only people buying the certificates are the retailers. They're buying ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... private investment. "There will be situations where a super fund will say, there's too much risk, we only want to put in money for two years, whereas the CEFC might say, look, we're happy to say we'll lend money for be in for 10 years, and we'll be happy ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The first Good Money retail financial hub recently opened in Geelong, and is expected to offer services to up to 1000 financially excluded local ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... firm Cooper Grace Ward also participates in the Resilience@Law programme. "Every large law firm has got serious time and money invested in mental health - you can't afford not to," she said. "The statistics that you're talking about - and there are a ...