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UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... College has been repaid. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit organisations and socially ...

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Bush Heritage Australia and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy have launched a $3.3 million conservation fund that aims to conserve biodiversity in the Tasmanian Midlands. Beaufront, one of the 10 properties that has joined the Midlands Conservation Fund. ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... The report cites Shenhua Group Corp's April announcement that it would jointly invest around AU$1.6 billion with Hydro Tasmania to develop at least 700MW of wind power capability across the company in the next 10 years. Shenhua has also bought a 75% ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its second loan, to fund the purchase of housing units in a retirement home park in Tasmania. The loan is towards the construction and installation of four, two-bedroom prefabricated units for the community operated ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... executive director and CEO of UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit organisations and ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... chief executive officer. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other not-for-profit organisations and socially ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry will give a keynote address at the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s fifth annual conference on the state of corporate social responsible in Australia. Henry, who is also a non-executive ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... plants or in upgrading and refurbishing existing hydro power stations. The iconic Snowy River Hydro-electric Scheme and Tasmania's network of 27 hydro-electric projects provide the majority of the country's hydro power." Wind energy represents about ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Victoria," he said. "That's an unfortunate result of the action that Victoria took. People will look at New South Wales, Tasmania, and South Australia for those projects." Going forward, the state and federal governments should coordinate to harmonise ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... "You can see already some companies where this could happen. Just looking at aluminium, for example, there a facility in Tasmania that uses hydroelectricity to power their facility. If other companies over time can approve their emission intensities ...