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EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... economy. Behyad Jafari, CEO of the Electric Vehicle Council noted that it will take both private investment and government policy to facilitate Australia's transition. Jafari pointed out that Australia is in a prime position to take advantage of the ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... private sector finance in the sector and helping reduce Australia's emissions." The CEFC also worked with review panels, policy makers, industry participants and other investors to augment analysis of the clean energy sector, drivers of carbon emissions ...

DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... efficient and competitive." DTEK is the second Ukrainian company to partner with the Climate Bonds Initiative following BFSE. "Policy makers, investors, asset managers and the wider community want to see more 'brown to green' financing and energy companies ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... "In Australia, there are some emerging opportunities under the ERF. To date we haven't engage in that, but how this new policy plays out and if the ERF is extended, we may have some opportunities based on extending rotations to green field forestry methodologies ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... engagement for investors in the annual general meeting (AGM) season. Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement and policy The Sustainability Report spoke with governance specialists as they hit the crunch point in preparing their votes ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... introduction of a Clean Energy Target (CET) as outlined in the Frankel Report, but the CMI points out that there is an operating policy under the Safeguard Mechanism that can be adjusted to increase emissions reduction across the economy. Under the Safeguard ...

Investec Australia provides development finance to Eco Energy World

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... the one with Eco Energy, and said that while there is a strong pipeline of demand for renewable projects in Australia, policy uncertainty is a barrier. "There's a huge pipeline of projects being developed at the moment," Law said. "There are a lot of ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... transitioned from voluntary guidelines into reporting standards, it could impact more profoundly in the future on regulation and policy in this sphere. Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility The GRI ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... investor groups to engage with boards on the issue. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has codified a policy whereby companies without female directors will face votes against sitting directors in the 2017 AGM season. "The willingness ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... hundred percent of institutional investors intend to increase their low-carbon investment allocations over coming years, but policy uncertainty and lack of investable deals are critical barriers to fulfilling these intentions, according to a new report ...