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CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Association (RAA) shows that "lower income families and regional communities are most likely to install solar panels and hot water systems. RAA is a national industry body that represents firms that create and trade in renewable energy certificates. ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... efficient effluent treatment solution. The winery is next undertaking an initiative to improve the way they manage waste water, particularly when usage is at its maximum during vintage, he said. "Wineries are very long-term business investments," Barrett ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... implement those policies and to reach defined objectives. It measures environmental performance data regarding energy and water consumption, GHG emissions and waste, and investigates the use of voluntary standards and certification schemes and compliance ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... activity. AccountAbility analysed the companies across 16 indicators in four key areas: governance and risk management, water quality and use, greenhouse gas emissions and community relations. Information on company disclosure practices were collected ...

CEFC provides $20m loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... investment. Carnegie invested, developed and owns the CETO wave energy technology. It "uses wave power to pump high pressure water that can be used to generate clean energy in the form of electricity and desalinated fresh water," CEFC said. "It is a ...

CEFC, CBA finance efficiency upgrades for food processors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... costs by around 40%. Global Roto-Moulding in Irymple, a manufacturer of specialised engineered plastic products such as water tanks, children's playground equipment and custom moulded machine parts for industry and primary producers, is upgrading its ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... 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 CEO UCA Funds Management ...

IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... industry is far more fragmented and the practices are far harder to monitor. That's not to say there's not concerns around water and agricultural communities, but we're not focusing on this here." However, IGCC members are exposed to fugitive methane ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... expanded its reporting framework to include more information on natural capital calculations - forest risk commodities and water. A draft version of the CDSB framework has been released for consultation. It is designed as guidelines for organisations ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... upgrade finance to the state and provide a new financing vehicle for commercial developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund The proposed Building Upgrade Finance ...