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CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... power prices lower, as compared to removing the target and increasing reliance on "increasingly expensive gas and ageing coal-fired power," according to the Clean Energy Council (CEC). The CEC commissioned a study from energy market experts ROMA Consulting ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s analysis of climate finance shows that redirecting global funds from investment emissions intensive assets to low carbon sources should be a priority for governments and investors, according to ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Three new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies have been endorsed by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... cap stocks, she said. The Ethical Investment Advisers Mid-Cap SMA screens out fossil fuel investments, including oil, gas, coal and coal seam gas, tobacco, uranium mining, and weapons, and holds companies in areas including aged care, sustainable property ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investment portfolios containing coal, oil and gas companies "risk lower returns in the long run while portfolios avoiding these companies can provide competitive returns," according to a report published by The Australia Institute in ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has developed a fossil fuel policy that rules out future investments in thermal coal, unconventional oil such as shale and deep water drilling and in companies that extract gas through fracking. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

RepuTex: DAP could achieve more reductions than CPM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... emissions growth from the sectors that would really grow in emissions through to 2020 - primarily the natural gas sector and the coal mining sector." The government would also have to establish a secondary market for companies to trade offsets with each ...

IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has joined international investors groups that are expressing concern about fugitive methane leaks and are calling on oil and gas companies to adopt universal implementation of best practices to prevent venting ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... engagement themes with invested companies including supply chain management/human rights, climate change, improved ESG disclosure, coal seam gas and corporate governance and remuneration. "You can find long term risks and opportunities - we have previously ...