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IIRC to publish integrated reporting framework in 2013

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... "material information about an organization's strategy, governance, performance and prospects in a way that reflects the commercial, social and environmental context within which it operates," according to the IIRC's definition. "It provides a clear ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 is an independent body that ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Microfinance as one partnership, and Blackburn-Wright pointed to another bank program to assist Indigenous businesses access commercial capital and mentoring through a government program called the Indigenous Capital Assistance Scheme (ICAS). The program ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... of additional costs in there, let alone the reporting costs." Phillips also noted that companies will bear increased commercial costs from increased input factors and from pressure on passing those costs down to customers. "Electricity costs are probably ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... like energy efficient lighting, air conditioning and building management systems," she said. "We're not limited to commercial properties. We also work with manufacturing and industry to provide finance for energy efficiency upgrades of items such as ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Plantic Technologies, a bioplastics supplier of fresh food packaging, has opened new, expanded facilities in the Melbourne suburb of Altona that the company estimates will quadruple its production capacity. Brendan Morris, CEO of Plantic, Minister for ...

Greg Bourne appointed acting chair of ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Greg Bourne has been appointed acting chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) board by Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson ARENA, which commences in July 2012, will be an independent ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... finance and development at NAB. "One of our goals is really to understand that market and penetrate it, not from a commercial sense, but because we believe we have an obligation as a mainstream lender to all provide access to all Australians," Proske ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
A commercial property in Brisbane that underwent an energy efficient retrofit financed by Low Carbon Australia has been sold for AU$12.25m, representing a 17% internal rate of return (IRR). O'Connell's OBM House, an office building at 26 Wharf Street ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... style="width:300px;height:200px;"> In the report, an expert review panel defined the CEFC's role as applying its AU$110bn capital "through a commercial filter to facilitate increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector thus preparing and positioning ...