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Government grants $1.9m for geothermal exploration study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... across the innovation chain. NICTA is a government-funded research centre specialising in information and cmmunications technology research. Its goal is to "build and deliver excellence" in ICT research and commercial outcomes.

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... role," Herd said. "It can play a valuable role in bringing forward the point at which investment comes into clean energy technology in terms of leveraging the financing and establishing these technologies. Then, often with clean energy investments, the ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... aggregate ESG exposure of a portfolio and compare that exposure to a benchmark ESG index." See Also: LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit Investor Profile: Local Government Super Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... leave certain investors such as pension funds "could find themselves holding "stranded assets with poor returns" as technology and government policy reduce returns in "coal, oil, gas mining and other high carbon assets."

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... of large scale solar in Australia, and breaking through the range of challenges that face any new renewable energy technology," Thornton said. ""This experience will ensure a pipeline of large scale solar projects can be developed faster and at lower ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... estimates that climate policy risk contributes 10% to an investment portfolio's total risk budget, compared with 1% for technology risk, and 12% for credit risk premium. Equity risk premium is still the largest portion of an overall risk budget, at 72%. ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Telecommunications provider Optus said responsible marketing, customer service and safety, driving innovation and uptake of technology and building social inclusion were all material issues to their corporate responsibility (CR) goal. Optus, a subsidiary ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... has also been announced, signed between the City of Melbourne, Sustainable Melbourne Fund and the owner of the Kings Technology Park (KTP) precinct at 100 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne. Sustainable Melbourne Fund provided part of the funding for the ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 1% a year until 2035, compared with 1.6% growth in the previous decade. 'The introduction of carbon pricing and new technology development will drive fundamental and long-term changes in how we generate and use energy in future decades', Grafton said ...

Wesfarmers recognised at Australian Sustainability Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Trust won Fund of the Year for the second time. Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year. Barefoot Power is a technology-replacement business that brings affordable solar lights to the poor in 20 countries, replacing kerosene lanterns. Bantix ...