1. Calls for carbon price louden as Australia finds a new government
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...a," Lend Lease CEO Rod Leaver said.   Leaver made the comments in his new role as chairman of the National Business Leaders' Forum on Sustainable Development (NBLF).   Leaver said t...

2. Carbon management becoming a strategic priority - report
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...,” the report said. . Phenomena such as climate-related natural disasters, energy supply crises and new national regulation created in response to global agreements on climate change regulation co...

3. GPT supports local communities with food recovery program
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The GPT Group (ASX: GPT) launched the GPT Food Recovery Program at its retail and communities precinct, Rouse Hill Town Centre, on Saturday. The GPT Food Recovery Van collects leftover fresh food

4. 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. 

5. 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’

6. 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

7. 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

8. Conference hears call for hydrogen push
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The threat of climate change and booming demand for dwindling oil supplies means policy-makers must revisit the concept of a hydrogen economy conceived in the early 1970s, RMIT associate professor Joh

9. Conference hears call for hydrogen push
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The threat of climate change and booming demand for dwindling oil supplies means policy-makers must revisit the concept of a hydrogen economy conceived in the early 1970s, RMIT associate professor Joh

10. Algae-to-biofuel firm to list on ASX
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... signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based Pacific Minerals and Australian company RKD International to establish a joint venture to establish commercial production facilities in China...

11. Algae-to-biofuel firm to list on ASX
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... signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong-based Pacific Minerals and Australian company RKD International to establish a joint venture to establish commercial production facilities in China...

12. WA forcibly acquires Aboriginal land for Woodside’s LNG hub
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WA Premier Colin Barnett has decided to forcibly acquire land at James Price Point, 60 km north of Broome to house the Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL) – Browse joint venture liquefied natural gas hub, a

13. Sydney Anglicans sign SRI deal with Mercer
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Mercer said it has been appointed by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney to tailor a new multi-manager fund focused on socially responsible investing (SRI).   “Mercer has extensive experience design

14. AMP Capital appoints Adam Kirkman as new ESG head
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...ers.”   Most recently Kirkman was the global director of sustainability and climate change at international consulting firm Proviti where he led a team advising blue-chip clients across the s...

15. Labor, Coalition vie for low carbon credibility
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...id.   Energy efficiency is the single biggest opportunity to cut global carbon emissions. The International Energy Agency estimates that 65 per cent of carbon cuts in 2020 will come from ener...

16. Dean Paatsch to leave ISS Riskmetrics
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Corporate governance specialist Dean Paatsch is leaving ISS Riskmetrics next week after six years with the firm he founded in Australia.   The move follows MSCI's acquisition of Riskmetrics for

17. RIAA to hold community briefing at Sydney conference
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The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) plans to hold a free community briefing on responsible investment – What’s your money up to? – as part of its conference in Sydney on 14 Septe

18. China acts on emissions reductions in void of global agreement
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...artner and head of global climate change and carbon finance at Norton Rose, said: “China does not need international agreement to aggressively implement emissions reduction measures.    ...

19. China acts on emissions reductions in void of global agreement
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...artner and head of global climate change and carbon finance at Norton Rose, said: “China does not need international agreement to aggressively implement emissions reduction measures.    ...

20. CBD Energy wins Thai solar contract; reports positive results
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CBD Energy’s (ASX: CBD) eco-Kinetics unit has won a $300 million contract to build a solar power plant in Thailand’s Chonburi province near the eastern seaboard. The company also announced profit

21. CBD Energy wins solar power plant contract in Thailand
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CBD Energy’s (ASX: CBD) eco-Kinetics unit has won a $300 million contract to build a solar power plant in Thailand’s Chonburi province near the eastern seaboard.   The size of the installation,

22. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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New emerging renewable energy technologies such as wave and geothermal will receive support under a plan announced by federal energy minister Martin Ferguson ahead of the election.   The $

23. Renewables to get $40m government boost
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New emerging renewable energy technologies such as wave and geothermal will receive support under a plan announced by federal energy minister Martin Ferguson ahead of the election.   The $

24. Call for tougher Australian car emissions standards
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National standards for car emissions in Australia, even after recently announced Labor policy, would still be weaker than that of the EU and of California, delegates at the 6th Australia-New Zealand C

25. Singapore Airlines spends US$3m on rainforest preservation
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...s said it is donating US$3 million to support the Harapan Rainforest Initiative, collaboration between international NGOs including BirdLife International and Burung Indonesia. Straddling Indonesia...

26. Richard Hames: It’s time for some new energy
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...There isn’t much Richard Hames hasn’t achieved in his distinguished career: Doctor, conductor, author, international strategic adviser and corporate philosopher are just some of the titles associated ...

27. GoodStart: Investment with a social purpose
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...as wound up. The purchase  price was not disclosed, but reported  to be around $100 million. National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) provided a $120 million loan, backed up by a $15 million ...

28. 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

29. India’s first micro-lender IPO eyes $304m
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... has not been confirmed, but it is believed to be imminent. The deal, which is being arranged by international banks Citigroup and Credit Suisse and local bank Kotak Mahindra, is attracting cons...

30. Fitting the green building blocks together
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...ility services Anita Mitchell tells a conference in May. “The regulatory landscape keeps changing. The National Greenhouse and Reporting Act was difficult to comply and engage with because the pr...

31. Mandatory energy efficiency disclosure offers investment opportunities
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Owners and occupants will be able to identify if the cost of efficient buildings is preferable to those of similar, but less energy efficient, sites.There is much talk at present about the mandatory d

32. 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

33. Strategy shift set to swell revenue
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AnaeCo ovrehauls its business model and prepares for growth here and offshore.As well as boosting its economic value, successful trialling of its patented DiCOM solid waste processing bioconversion te

34. Grassroots unite against greenhouse gases
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...or local power. The project is a partnership between Hopetoun Community, Yarriambiack Shire Council and the National Centre for Sustainability attached to the University of Ballarat. The local c...

35. 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

36. Housing’s triple bottom line
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...s of economic health of the people. The federal government, after long consideration, has created the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) to address the significant issues and problems c...

37. More power to the energy savers
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Our investment thinking on sustainable buildings needs to be scaled up to solve the energy problem. Part of the decision for building owners and developers to opt for more sustainable choices is about

38. Doing the REIT thing
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...’re not upgrading your building for 4.5 NABERS, then you are reducing your tenant pool,” he says. The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) is a performance-based rating s...

39. Future-proofing your investment
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...ock. Research by the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) and the Centre for International Economics has found that the base building load for the residential and commercial ...

40. Asset Owners Disclosure Project to put Australian funds on the global stage
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...rovide many stakeholders with trends in best practice and, critically, will give funds their own global and national benchmark ranking.    The organisation is the brainchild of Climate I...

41. Perpetual allocates $9m to NFPs from discretionary trusts
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... Successful recipients varied in size, from local organisations with $30,000 annual revenue, through to national organisations with multi-million dollar community groups, Perpetual said.   ...

42. 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

43. 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

44. FPA, RIAA partner to educate advisers
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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is partnering with the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) to promote responsible investment advice to its members.   Lou

45. Initiative launched to overhaul global reporting
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...rs, accountants, stock exchanges and not-for-profit groups launched 2 August an initiative to overhaul international company reporting in the wake of the financial crisis.   The International I...

46. Australia’s electricity generation getting greener
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Australia’s electricity generators emitted less greenhouse gases in 2009 compared with a year earlier despite a continued reliance on coal-fired power stations and an increase in the use of some of th

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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