1. Calls for carbon price louden as Australia finds a new government
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...ndsor, which opened the way for Gillard to form Australia’s next government, the head of property giant Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) called on Australia’s business leaders to support the introduction of a pr...

2. AGL partners with Lend Lease on solar push
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) and Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) unit Bovis Lend Lease announced late August a partnership to deliver First Solar’s thin film solar photovoltaic panels to residential households. 

3. AGL partners with Lend Lease on solar push
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AGL Energy (ASX: AGK) and Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) unit Bovis Lend Lease announced late August a partnership to deliver First Solar’s thin film solar photovoltaic to residential households.   AGL’

4. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it plans to issue its first bond to finance clean energy projects in Asia. The development bank said it would match the amount raised by the bond, which is expect

5. Asian Development Bank issues bond to finance clean energy projects
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it plans to issue its first bond to finance clean energy projects in Asia. The development bank said it would match the amount raised by the bond, which is expect

6. CSG extraction threatens Queensland’s largest freshwater aquifer - report
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Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer is at serious risk of being drained as a direct result of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction, independent hydro-geologist John Hillier says. The Condamine Alluvi

7. Labor, Coalition vie for low carbon credibility
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Both Labor and the Coalition squared up to each other on energy efficiency and policies to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions ahead of the 21 August election. Through its Low Carbon Communities progr

8. 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

9. Fitting the green building blocks together
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...ndlord there in the short-term.” Change for the better Chris Carolan, head of climate change for Lend Lease’s (ASX: LLC) project management and construction subsidiary Bovis Lend Lease, has bee...

10. Grassroots unite against greenhouse gases
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Community-based renewable energy sources matched to local demand creates many additional benefits, Ethical Investor learns at the north Coast Energy Forum.Communities across Australia are starting to

11. Harnessing all that energy
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Silex Systems eyes the solar market but it's been shut out of a key government program and some query its strategy. CEO Michael GoldsworthySilex Systems pioneered

12. Housing’s triple bottom line
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What is a triple bottom line when it comes to ethical investing in housing?For about 50 years, Australia has had the highest rate of home ownership in the world. But this ownership falls readily into

13. Doing the REIT thing
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...estment-grade office buildings. GPT, Macquarie Office Trust – now Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC) – Lend Lease Group’s (ASX: LLC) Australian Prime Property Fund, the Local Government Superannuatio...

14. Asset Owners Disclosure Project to put Australian funds on the global stage
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A new global organisation has been announced that will survey the world’s largest superfunds and other asset owners not only on how they currently manage climate risk and opportunity, but also on

15. Initiative launched to overhaul global reporting
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A coalition of businesses, regulators, accountants, stock exchanges and not-for-profit groups launched 2 August an initiative to overhaul international company reporting in the wake of the financial c

16. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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Lend Lease is seeking to tap into growing demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power, launching a new business unit to supply PV across its commercial and residential operations.   Lend Lease Sol

17. UPDATE: Lend Lease launches solar business
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Lend Lease is seeking to tap into growing demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power, launching a new business unit to supply PV across its commercial and residential operations.   Lend Lease Sol

18. Lend Lease launches solar business
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Lend Lease is seeking to tap into growing demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) power, launching a new business unit to supply PV across its commercial and residential operations. Lend Lease Solar w

19. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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...te investment and innovation, and introduce banks to new ventures which increase the likelihood of them lending to similar projects later without the government guarantee.”   The Greens says ...

20. Greens call for government funding boost to renewable energy
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...te investment and innovation, and introduce banks to new ventures which increase the likelihood of them lending to similar projects later without the government guarantee.”   The Greens says ...

21. Gunns sells native forests to conservationist, seeks FSC certification
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Timber company Gunns Ltd (ASX: GNS) is hoping to become “a leader in sustainable forest and environmental management”, according to its rebranded website, having sold Tasmamian native forest

22. UPDATE: Environmentalists at odds with Ichthys gas field environmental assessment
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A draft environmental impact statement produced by Inpex Browse, the company behind one of Australia’s biggest resource projects – the Ichthys gas field – shows that the Kimberley coast, Browse Island

23. NAB provides discounted green loans for Brisbane City Council’s green energy program
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NAB’s Environmental Finance Solutions (EFS) team has developed a discounted personal loan for Brisbane residents to buy solar hot water and power systems, the bank said in a press release.   Br

24. NAB provides discounted green loans for Brisbane City Council’s green energy program
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NAB’s Environmental Finance Solutions (EFS) team has developed a discounted personal loan for Brisbane residents to buy solar hot water and power systems, the bank said in a press release.   Br

25. The problem with cleantech
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...equity can do it on its own.” “There is a real role for government to stimulate that early stage,” Lend Lease Ventures CEO Anthony Pascoe said. The Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) unit invests in a range o...

26. Superfunds stalled on climate change
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Institutional investor action on climate change has mostly ground to a halt amid government policy inertia and failure by superfunds to exert pressure on the asset managers they employ. But as the mar

27. Testing the water
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The gas rush is on. US, European and Asian energy giants and their local partners are moving closer to taking final investment decisions on projects that would turn an unconventional gas source, the c

28. Testing the water
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The gas rush is on. US, European and Asian energy giants and their local partners are moving closer to taking final investment decisions on projects that would turn an unconventional gas source, the c

29. Colonial First State aims for top performance across five out of six PRIs by 2011
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Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) said it is aiming for top performance across five of the six Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) by next year.   The investment man

30. Cooper superannuation review offers no change on ESG investment risks
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Superannuation fund trustees should consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in their investment decisions where appropriate, while guidelines such as those laid out by the United Nat

31. RIAA releases 7th annual conference agenda
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The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) will host its 7th International Responsible Investment Conference in Sydney on 14 and 15 September.   “RIAA calls on the finance and in

32. Government launches protection against predatory lending
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...nto credit contracts they cannot afford to repay. The standards include provisions to stop predatory lenders from exploitative practices such as using household items as security for cash loans. ...

33. RIAA begins Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2010 data collection
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RIAA is calling on the responsible investment industry to participate in its annual benchmark study. The Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2010 will detail the size, growth and performance of

34. Property industry supports mandatory disclosure; urges Senate support
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The Property Council of Australia has come out in support of the Labor government’s Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 – passed by the lower house earlier this week – and has urged the Op

35. ASX 200 lacking on sustainability reporting – report
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A majority of Australia’s top 200 companies (57 per cent) do not understand the material nature of sustainability risks and the importance investors place on the disclosure of performance against and

36. Credit unions get thumbs up as banks accused of ‘gouging’ customers
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... crisis to charge borrowers more than the increase in their own costs, resulting in big profits for the lenders and much higher interest bills for many customers,” the newspaper said.   CUA, ...

37. International committee to work on mainstreaming sustainability reporting
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The International Integrated Reporting Committee, made up of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Accounting for Sustainability, the big four accounting firms, and the International Federation of Ac

38. Investa’s 5-star Ark development opens
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Investa’s $240 million flagship Ark development in North Sydney opened on 13 May, with Coca-Cola Amatil and Vodafone Hutchison Australia establishing their Australian headquarters there.   The

39. Lend Lease launches green buildings tool
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Lend Lease (ASX: LLC) says it has developed an interactive sustainability tool based to measure the sustainability of buildings. The Green Building Converter takes users on a journey providing infor

40. New banking models to take flight
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...service would provide a ready means to collect subscriptions for the service they provide. Micro-lending Nobel Prize-winner Mohammed Yunus has noted: “If we are looking for one single action ...

41. Show me the data
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To effectively analyse commercial real estate’s medium-term prospects you need to cut to the data and be able to make sense of it.   If you have money invested in Australian commercial real estate,

42. Arkx New Energy fund up 3.13 per cent in three months to April
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Monthly data released by clean energy fund manager Arkx reveals its Clean Energy Fund rose 0.02 per cent in April versus March and 3.31 per cent in the three months to the end of April. The fund is up

43. Arkx New Energy fund up 3.13 per cent in three months to April
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Monthly data released by clean energy fund manager Arkx reveals its Clean Energy Fund rose 0.02 per cent in April versus March and 3.31 per cent in the three months to the end of April. The fund is up

44. Companies must still consider carbon price despite CPRS shelving
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...turn to the more generic ‘change in law’ clauses that were common four or five years ago (or perhaps a blend of the two).   However, one implication is clear: “Businesses facing a complex inv...

45. Companies must still consider carbon price despite CPRS shelving
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...turn to the more generic ‘change in law’ clauses that were common four or five years ago (or perhaps a blend of the two).   However, one implication is clear: “Businesses facing a complex inv...

46. The best investment for our future
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Investing in education is perhaps the truest ethical investment, argues the CEO of The Smith Family.  Last year, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council released a series of

47. Linda Selvey: Rainbow Warrior
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...nks between human health and our environment and indicates her move to Greenpeace represents a similar blending of her passions. “Clearly the outcome at Copenhagen was not the outcome the world nee...

48. Tidal flats turned into fatal shores
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...t knots, sandpipers and plovers dig out the life hidden in the sediment. The birds are camouflaged and blend into the subdued coastal tones. On the way to Australia and back, shorebirds stop on tida...

49. Australia fails to see REDD
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Macquarie Capital Adviser’s climate change leader calls for Australia to recognise Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) credits in its carbon reduction scheme. Regardl

50. Foul Weather Friends
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The corporate giving ethos of providing long-term contracts underpinned by strategic planning - adopted by AMP, Telstra, ANZ, and others - has allowed nonprofit funding to continue even as the GFC bit