1. Calls for carbon price louden as Australia finds a new government
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... “We consider that a framework for pricing carbon emissions is critical to the future financial security of Australians,” the IGCC said in a statement Tuesday.   “Without a framework for pr...

2. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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... would target Japanese investors.   The bond s expected to have four tranches, one each denominated in Australian dollars and Turkish lira and two tranches in Brazilian real. It will carry teno...

3. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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... would target Japanese investors.   The bond s expected to have four tranches, one each denominated in Australian dollars and Turkish lira and two tranches in Brazilian real. It will carry teno...

4. Algae-to-biofuel firm to list on ASX
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... Algae Tec said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based Pacific Minerals and Australian company RKD International to establish a joint venture to establish commercial ...

5. Algae-to-biofuel firm to list on ASX
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... Algae Tec said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based Pacific Minerals and Australian company RKD International to establish a joint venture to establish commercial ...

6. WA forcibly acquires Aboriginal land for Woodside’s LNG hub
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...to house the Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL) – Browse joint venture liquefied natural gas hub, a move which the Australian Conservation Foundation undermines public confidence in decision-making around ...

7. Sydney Anglicans sign SRI deal with Mercer
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...Mercer’s growing success in these areas.   Burke cited the launch of the Mercer Socially Responsible Australian Shares Fund, which was developed for the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, as an exam...

8. Labor, Coalition vie for low carbon credibility
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...nt builds on its existing commitment of $1 billion in tax breaks for green buildings and $100 million for the Australian Carbon Trust. Through the Low Carbon Communities program it plans to prov...

9. Dean Paatsch to leave ISS Riskmetrics
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...ad of ISS, Steve Harvey, said Paatsch made a substantial contribution to ISS's governance business and to the Australian governance landscape. "Dean has played an integral part in the success of ...

10. WA broadcaster WAG Ltd buys biochar company
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WA broadcaster WAG Ltd (ASX: WAG) said it has signed an exclusive option agreement, which can be exercised at any time up to 10 November, to buy privately held biochar developer PacPyro for $3.75

11. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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...hile campaigning in Perth's marginal seats. The federal government’s program will be administered by the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy, which will determine the best allocation of fundin...

12. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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...hile campaigning in Perth's marginal seats. The federal government’s program will be administered by the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy, which will determine the best allocation of fundin...

13. Call for tougher Australian car emissions standards
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...reduction in emissions by 2020.”   “The policy setting required include a price on carbon across the Australian economy plus a range of complementary measures such as improved emissions stand...

14. Richard Hames: It’s time for some new energy
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...ax on carbon and the irony for Australia will be that China will probably be the first country to do so, when Australians are the first to criticise the Chinese for polluting the world. “The worl...

15. GoodStart: Investment with a social purpose
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...al in keeping an initial 550 early childhood centres in operation, which will come as a great relief for many Australian families.” He said the NAB team worked with the consortium to develop a u...

16. Corporate responsibility through voluntary measures
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Leading companies take an integrated approach.Australian businesses are increasingly taking the mantle  of incorporating environmental,  social and governance (ESG) issues both through every

17. India’s first micro-lender IPO eyes $304m
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India's leading microfinance provider plans to go public in a landmark event for the country's micro-lending industry, but the move is not without its controversies.SKS Microfinance, India’s largest m

18. Fitting the green building blocks together
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...the like all working to their own agenda. Policy signals The real problem stems from the heart of the Australian political agenda. Politicians are constantly changing their mind and not engagi...

19. Mandatory energy efficiency disclosure offers investment opportunities
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...am Murchie is a director of Melbourne-based property investment group Forza Capital and vice president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association ...

20. Generation Y demands proactive super
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Australians are crying out for a new super product, one that meets the values and aspirations of those looking for a better world.Australian superannuation funds are not currently providing the type o

21. Strategy shift set to swell revenue
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...will be used to further consolidate DiCOM product development and lay the groundwork for opportunities in the Australian, US, UK, European and Asian markets. AnaeCo’s chairman, Professor Michael ...

22. Grassroots unite against greenhouse gases
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...of risk aversion from investors is leaving many home-grown cleantech initiatives languishing. Currently Australian start-ups need to look outside Australia to the US and Europe for investors. Se...

23. Harnessing all that energy
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...100MW plant. Dr Goldsworthy says the company will start building the pilot plant by mid-2011. The Australian Solar Energy Society says that “if these plants and others like them rely on go...

24. Housing’s triple bottom line
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...e earners and 80 per cent of high-income earners own their homes. The erosion of the ability of ordinary Australians to buy their own homes has created a schism between those that can and those t...

25. More power to the energy savers
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...f a complete overhaul of the market and how it is regulated, what can  be done to recognise this? At the Australian Alliance to Save Energy, we are working with partners to construct a project kn...

26. Doing the REIT thing
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Australian real estate investment trusts are known for their sustainability performance across the world. But it is only recently that work has been initiated to guage the economic benefits.Austral

27. Future-proofing your investment
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... cent represents the built environment’s ‘next frontier’ – greening our existing stock. Research by the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) and the Centre for International ...

28. Asset Owners Disclosure Project to put Australian funds on the global stage
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...; Poulter, who will be executive director of the new organisation, points to the strong advantage Australian funds have in building climate change capability. "Australian superfunds ...

29. AGL wins NSW sustainability awards
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) has been awarded two Green Globe Awards at the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change Annual Green Globe Awards.   The energy retailer won the Business Sustainab

30. Perpetual allocates $9m to NFPs from discretionary trusts
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Perpetual announced the recipients of over $9 million in funding from its discretionary trusts, finding smaller not-for-profits are just as competitive in receiving funding as their larger counte

31. Australia’s first animal cruelty-free super launches
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Australia's first animal-friendly superfund began accepting applications on Tuesday. Ethical Money’s Cruelty Free Super has been designed for anyone wishing to screen for animal exploitation, such as

32. CAER announces world-first quality standard certification
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ESG researcher CAER (Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility) has become the first non-European organisation to achieve the Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility R

33. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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...billion over the next 10 years.   Lend Lease has established sales alliances with two as yet unnamed Australian corporations in the banking and energy sectors to provide direct access to over...

34. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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...billion over the next 10 years.   Lend Lease has established sales alliances with two as yet unnamed Australian corporations in the banking and energy sectors to provide direct access to over...

35. Lend Lease launches solar business
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...tions exceeding $500 million in value. Lend Lease has established sales alliances with two as yet unnamed Australian corporations in the banking and energy sectors to provide direct access to over...

36. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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The Australian Greens proposed Monday a set of funding measures to kick-start the renewable energy sector, including a proposed $5 billion of loan guarantees to support new power generation. Loa

37. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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The Australian Greens proposed Monday a set of funding measures to kick-start the renewable energy sector, including a proposed $5 billion of loan guarantees to support new power generation. Loan g

38. CBD completes one of Australia’s biggest solar commercial property projects
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CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) subsidiary eco-Kinetics has completed one of the biggest solar panel projects on an Australian commercial property by installing its equipment on a Local Government Super building

39. CBD completes one of Australia’s biggest solar commercial property projects
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CBD Energy (ASX:CBD) subsidiary eco-Kinetics has completed one of the biggest solar panel projects on an Australian commercial property by installing its equipment on a Local Government Super building

40. US finance reform favours moneyed interests over social good - Joseph Stiglitz
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...of Australia's Eminent Speaker Series - a new platform to bring leading international economic thinkers to an Australian audience.   Stiglitz says it was a step forward that lawmakers laid ou...

41. Gunns sells native forests to conservationist, seeks FSC certification
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...able way,” the company said in a press release.   Currently Gunns is certified to ISO 14001, and the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS), considered by environmentalists to be a less rigorous ...

42. UPDATE: Environmentalists at odds with Ichthys gas field environmental assessment
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...anner that is environmentally and socially sustainable, while delivering significant economic benefits to the Australian and Northern Territory communities.   “Development of the Ichthys Proj...

43. Cleantech, green investment opportunities flourish - ASSOB
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The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) has seen a significant increase in the number of new green, cleantech and sustainable companies listing on its ASSOB capital-raising platform. Althou

44. Beyond Zero Emissions' plan to cut emissions wins endorsements
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...security; affordability; export and of course opportunity, “ said Professor Robin Batterham, president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and formerly Australia’s chi...

45. Beyond Zero Emissions' plan to cut greenhouse gases wins endorsements
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...security; affordability; export and of course opportunity, “ said Professor Robin Batterham, president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and formerly Australia’s chi...

46. Monash ESG team joins Regnan
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Regnan’s research partner of more than a decade, Monash Sustainability Enterprises (MSE), has formally joined the governance and advisory firm, the organisations announced earlier this month.  

47. Gillard government announces funding boost for social enterprises
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... social challenges such as barriers to employment are now receiving greater support than ever before from the Australian government.   “The Australian government is looking for new ways of wo...

48. James Thier: A man on an ethical mission
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James Thier’s history and perspective of ethical investing is directly linked to the development of Australian Ethical Investment (ASX: AEF), a company that he first put seed capital into over 24 year

49. Can pricing the planet’s services protect them?
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Fisheries are an underperforming asset by US$50 billion; 25-50 per cent of the US$640 billion pharmaceutical market is derived from natural resources; one-third of the world’s largest cities draw a su

50. Measuring social outcomes has little impact
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...g address how it was increasingly common for the not-for-profit sector to deliver social services to ordinary Australians rather than state or federal government.   “Social enterprise does no...