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Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund has invested AU$1.5m in Brisbane Metals, Queensland-based solar technology company. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson Brisbane Metals will use the AU$1.5m and a further AU$2.5m investment from USA-based New Ventures ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... under the aegis of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and will take place in October in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of the alliance, Premium CEO Paul Harding-Davis and Melbourne-based adviser of Ethical Investment Services, Michelle Brisbane, will join the Emerald Club's board. "The partnership with Premium has assisted us in that we are really aligning ourselves ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... through its business with more than 600 so-called "sustainability champions" in around the world, including one each in the Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland and Melbourne offices, Swizzler said.

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... now focusing on the fact that their employees are right in front of them and they're crucial to the organisation." At Brisbane-based law firm Cooper Grace Ward, integrating and demonstrating sustainability throughout aspects of the firm's business strategy ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
A commercial property in Brisbane that underwent an energy efficient retrofit financed by Low Carbon Australia has been sold for AU$12.25m, representing a 17% internal rate of return (IRR). O'Connell's OBM House, an office building at 26 Wharf Street ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... has selected Triodos for a microfinance mandate, and has made an AU$6m commitment to a social enterprise fund run by Brisbane-based Foresters Community Finance. Even though the fund does exercise oversight with both managers, the fund does not use SROI ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... our office refurbishments," the firm said. "Mitigating factors may include the increase in kitchen appliances, and our Brisbane office's power consumption, but it is more likely that, given the patterns of consumption, it will be as simple as considering ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Ferguson said. "30% of Australia's east coast gas currently comes from coal seam mining activities. And for example, in Brisbane 90% of our gas comes. What's happened, we've got a huge growth in industry over a very short period, there's a lot of misunderstandings ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance, a Brisbane-based community development finance institution, believes that recent allocations by the federal government and superannuation fund Christian Super demonstrate that they can provide risk adjusted return that is ...