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Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... University. Katherine Christ and Roger Burritt Roger Burritt and Katherine Christ, Macquarie University New retail technology is set to change the environmental credibility of the wine industry. Reports from Canada and Australia both indicate that kegged ...

CEFC finances University of Melbourne upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... to increase its productivity and economic impact while reducing emissions through the introduction of clean energy technology."

Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... be retrofitted. "We are going back to a lot of our existing estates and buildings and retrofitting things like LED technology," he said. "That's obviously come a long way in the last 24 months, and it's all about bang for buck. LED has got to the point ...

Melbourne buildings retrofit with solar panels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said. The AU$103,857 system was partially funded through the sale of $34,188 of small scale technology certificates (STC's), a AU$3000 rebate from the City of Melbourne's Smart Blocks initiative and financing of AU$30,000 from ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact who is currently undertaking research at the University Technology Sydney Centre for Corporate Governance. "... Corporate governance people are becoming more aware and more interested in challenging ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... benefitted in a sense from that," Vernon said. "Our positive investments - we invest a lot in healthcare, we invest a lot in technology, we have a portfolio which is naturally set up to cyclically outperform in economic environments such as the one we're ...

ARENA selects 22 projects for $100m funding round

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... knowledge and skills that will ultimately help drive down the cost and increase the accessibility of this renewable energy technology. This makes good sense given Australia's abundant sunshine." The CEFC's finance complements ARENA's program but also ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... private company established in 2012 to commercialise renewable energy technologies developed at the Fuels and Energy Technology Institute (FETI) at Curtin University. Professor Chun-Zhu Li is the director at FETI. Separately, last year the Clean Energy ...

ARENA, CEFC back Barcaldine Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... of Barcaldine. The facility will be capable of generating power for around 5,300 homes, using single-axis tracking technology that maximises the effectiveness of the PV panels as they follow the sun, CEFC said. The project will feature around 79,000 ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... big theme - this is happening, it will only continue to increase in relevance and interest on the sector. The rise of technology, the rise of social media, the interest of NGOs, this will all drive the way." The RIAA conference will discuss how these ...