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KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... give the industry priority. Food is something you need each year to survive and it's a sustainable process, whereas resources have a more limited horizon." The agribusiness sector is facing significant challenges as a result of climate change, the carbon ...

Chloe Munro named head of Clean Energy Regulator

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... April, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will consult with stakeholders on compliance issues and resources for the start-up of the carbon pricing mechanism.

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... its Solar Flagship Program, designed to fund the construction of a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson announced that the department had given the Moree Solar Farm consortium an extension ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... despite the government's Renewable Energy Target, which seeks to provide 20% of energy in the country from renewable resources. "Potential reasons for this include the relatively low and volatile prices of the Renewable Energy Certificates, regulatory ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... in property, cash and equities. At the very least, there should be disclosure within equities to say are 10% are in resources, 10% are in banking and the rest are in other categories. That's disclosure as to the broad sectors in which there is investment. ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The use of renewable energy resources in electricity generation is expected to grow at 6% per year between now and 2035, according to Professor Quentin Grafton, executive director and chief economist of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... often raise more challenging social and political questions. For these reasons small companies, which typically lack the resources of larger ones, are much more likely to have a health and safety policy than any other LHR standard. The disproportionate ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... represents 6.5% of all electricity produced in Australia during this period. "Most of Australia's suitable hydro electricity resources have already been developed," the report noted. "Work undertaken by hydro operators is generally in developing mini ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Investments Commission (ASIC). "It's expected, and it's appropriate," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson. "Carbon units will be traded, and while they are of course, different from securities or ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Board -the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California State Treasurers' Office, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Ceres Investor Network on ...