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IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has urged European Union ministers to consider changes to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to ensure its viability. The IIGCC, a collaborative body of investors representing EUR7.5tr ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... at government level in Australia and overseas as to how laws and policies apply in this area. In particular, the European Union is very active on this front in terms of pressing its member states as to how they intend to respond to meet their obligations ...

David Green named Clean Energy Council CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Victorian government, as well as the US Department of Energy, the New Zealand government and institutions of the European Union. "I have long admired the innovative ideas that Australian policy-makers and industry - in particular the membership of the ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... publish what they pay governments, in line with similar listing rules being introduced in the United States and the European Union. Globally, the PWYP network is also pressing resource-rich companies to disclose the payments that they receive from companies ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... funds, increasing use of environmental, social and governance data in decision-making and, for companies in the European Union, reducing exposure to potential increases in the price of carbon traded on the EU emissions trading scheme. The 415 companies ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... letter to send to the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), urging the newly formed board to investigate if the European Union's exposure to high carbon investments poses a systemic financial risk and how to manage the "potential threat" to economic security. ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... continue to be produced even after the Kyoto Protocol's forst commitment period expires at the end of 2012. But the European Union has announced that it will only allow CERS from projects registered in least developed countries (LDCs) under its ETS after ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... also reported no findings against their product marketing and promotional activities in Australia, the US and the European Union In 2010-2011, national and international regulators conducted 88 routine audits of CSL's manufacturing sites with "strong ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... a tax equivalent to the carbon charge paid by domestic producers. BCAs are retained as policy initiative in the European Union's emissions trading scheme and in some US proposals, but because they are a trade measure, they would be covered under the ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... that the EU avoid a stringent governance regime with a "tick-box approach" to governance. "[CSA] believes that the European Union (EU) would be misguided if it were to introduce stringent governance rules in an attempt to improve existing corporate governance ...

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AGL mulls sale of Tilt Renewables

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AGL Energy has confirmed it is considering selling its 20% stake in the wind and solar energy generator.

Nuveen eyes green loans in local RE strategy

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Following its first close in December, Nuveen's Australian commercial real estate debt strategy, which has a focus on responsible investing, has received $300 million from the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) on its second close.

Wollemi Capital buys renewables platform

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The climate-focused investment firm will pay $19 million for MPower Group's renewable energy and battery storage business after the latter faced challenges in securing funding.

Podcast: Measuring nature assets in portfolios

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In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar discusses the transition to nature-positive investment portfolios with Lucian Peppelenbos, climate and biodiversity strategist at Robeco.

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