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Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Solomon Islands will implement the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Standard (EITI), meaning the government will disclose payments from its extractives sector. The Solomon Islands has established Solomon Islands Extractive Industries ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... they don't want to invest with us?" The firm will be making its pitch at a time when the investment and superannuation industries are under regulatory and legislative pressure to manage fees, present simplified products and provide advice. The governments' ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... risk management, rather than the opportunity. We do look at a range of different technologies and a range of different industries and we look at companies that have benefited from changes in terms of clean-tech or clean energy, but really a lot of it ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... a lot of noise out there about the rising price of electricity. It is important to clarify that all businesses and industries are not the same, and will not experience the impact to the same degree. For more energy intensive businesses, rather than creating ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... purchase or generate or trade permits at auction, on the secondary market, and emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries will receive free permits. "The costs that are going to be brought to bear under the carbon price really fall into two ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Technologies and demonstrates the Government's continued support of clean technology innovation and the development of new industries in Australia."

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... investment opportunities, LGS has allocated to a specialist mandate of international equities focused on low-carbon industries, but Hartnett said there aren't opportunities for a similar mandate in Australia. "In international equities, we have an allocation ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... financing program will build off of previously established programs that finance energy efficiency upgrades in other industries. Low Carbon Australia works with co-finance partners in the financing programs. For foundries, Low Carbon Australia can offer ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... is coming to the forefront. While occupational health and safety issues are routinely managed and reported in some industries, other issues, such as flexible working arrangements, gender, mental health and professional development are also being emphasised ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting standardisation, the GRESB/GRI arrangement is aimed at making the real estate sector among the top-three industries with high standards on sustainability performance within the next three years. GRI has published the Construction and Real Estate ...