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Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... revenue-generating opportunities for entities in support of the Carbon Farming Futures program. The government has allocated a total of AU$429m over six years to fund research, development and demonstration of emissions reductions technologies, according ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... production for 2010/2011 representing AU$49.3bn, gross value forestry and fisheries for 2010/2011 representing AU3.9bn and the total value of exports of both categories equalling AU$36.2bn. But there is a lack of investment by all stakeholders in research ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... can achieve leverage of four times, there will be an additional AU$40bn of private sector investment available - i.e. a total of AU$50bn," Major said. "This begs the question whether the clean energy investment market in Australia can sustain this level ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... because using the TIP framework, Mercer 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 ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... community engagement and injury rates as some of their high priority indicators over the 2010 calendar year. During 2010, total global GHG emissions across all scopes were 689,497 metric tonnes CO2-equivalents (t CO2e) - 30,975 t CO2e direct emissions ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... capital raising. "You can work it out from if you're lucky from the accounts afterwards," Lawrence said. "From 2008-2010 the total cut of the AU$100bn raised was AU$2bn. Australian retirement savings made a material contribution to repairing the balance ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and the terms of the loan goes for 10 years, Bocskay said. The EUAs with the owners of 123 Queen Street and KTP bring the total number of EUAs signed by the City of Melbourne to three. Bocskay noted that the 123 Queen Street building is the first building ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... ongoing assessment of risk in this area," the company said. CSL's water consumption increased by 2.2% and its estimated total scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions for manufacturing facilities was 165 kilotonnes Co2-e for 2010-2011, an increase ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... mandatory target of 45,000 gigawatt hours of electricity to be supplied from renewable energy sources by 2020 - around 20% of total electricity generation. BREE projects that the share of renewables in total electricity generation could reach up to 24% ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... by 7% from AU$15.41bn to AU$16.52bn, an increase of AU$1.1bn. This 8% increase is stronger than the broader market, with total assets under management for all strategies rising 1.8% in the same period, according to RIAA's Responsible Investment 2011 ...