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Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... estate, infrastructure and fixed income. Asset manager are also allocating to themed investment strategies such as clean energy, energy efficiency and sustainable timber, and over half of investors - 63% of asset managers and 62% of asset owners - invest ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... quarters of the carbon pricing period, companies should have data collection and company processes in order." Since the Clean Energy Future legislation passed through Parliament last year, there has also been intense research into possible costs and ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Party/National Party coalition has endorsed the CFI, which was passed in a separate bill to other parts of the overall Clean Energy Future legislative package. However, the opposition coalition has committed to winding back other aspects of the carbon ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 is looking holistically at a company and thinking about what could go wrong, what has their track record ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed an agreement outlining how they will manage regulatory responsibilities under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Business Forum, Kate Phillips, a senior associate at Baker and McKenzie outlined liable entities' obligations under the clean energy legislation. For the first three years from July, the carbon price mechanism will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne of ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... $40, which means that businesses and consumers are paying the full price." But Russell Marsh, policy director at the Clean Energy Council, told The Sustainability Report that there is no need to reduce the multiplier ahead of the June 30 target date ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... With that as the backdrop, David Paradice, portfolio manager of Paradice Investment Management and a member of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) expert review explained how the corporation can provide opportunities to attract private capital ...

ASIC details AFS licence process for carbon credit trade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... until 31 December 2012, provided they have applied for an AFS licence by 31 October 2012." Under the government's Clean Energy legislative package, emission units are recognized as financial products. This includes carbon units, Australian carbon credit ...