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AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Solar Plant. L-R Ray Donald, Bogan Shire mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries, minister for natural resources, lands and water, minister for Western NSW; Brian Stanley, First Solar senior VP; Mark Coulton MP, federal member for Parkes ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... director of Ethinvest. "They provide the bulk of the return over the whole market. By being underweight materials - i.e. resources - and overweight financials, healthcare and Telstra, that's been the sweet spot." Both the ASX50 and ASX100 model portfolios ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... they started and are looking to quit. Do we need to make it illegal? That battle would be a drain of money, time and resources at a time when 41 Australians die every day from smoking-related illnesses."

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... carbon tax are going to be reflected in their prices going forward," said Grant Anderson, partner in the energy and resources group at Allens. "On top of that, electricity and gas retailers will need to provide to the ACCC a carbon tax removal substantiation ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... that could also affect companies' workforce and customers. Cities also citied changes to the natural environment and resources that impact on production, particularly in the food industries, CDP also reported. "Our report finds that cities are responding ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... in one way or another is going to be impacted here. There is also nothing unusual in state intervention to access to resources. This is commonplace. It is also commonplace to have state planning of economies, security and social questions."

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... people who work at the coal-face recognise the significance, but they talk about not having enough time, support, and resources, and are constantly frustrated and self-critical of the process." The ACCSR report is a survey of CSR professionals' perceptions ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... violations of human rights. The IWG noted in a statement that major producers including Wilmar International and Golden-Agri Resources have made strong commitments to this effect. IWG also stated support for other large producers understood to be working ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. Under the new policy, Aurora Oil and Gas, AWE Limited, Beach Energy, Bathurst Resources, Buru Energy, Drillsearch Energy, Maverick Drilling and Exploration, Red Fork Energy, Sundance Energy Australia, Sino Gas and ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... as a way to provide a common mechanism for them to share information in a way that doesn't stretch limited reporting resources. Sedex notes that there is "a widening gap between companies that have the knowledge, capacity and funds to afford open and ...