1. Carbon management becoming a strategic priority - report
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...row over the next five to ten years, carbon management is increasingly being added to their long term priority checklists.   The report produced by consultancy Verdantix explores companies’ p...

2. GPT supports local communities with food recovery program
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...e of Australia’s largest property groups so we take our role as a responsible corporate citizen very seriously.   “We believe we have an obligation to support the communities in which our bu...

3. 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. Please see EI#93’s cove

4. Super funds need better governance – Russell
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...-committee in 43 per cent of funds.   “The result shows not only a lack of delegation but a serious overlap in responsibility and potential lack of accountability. The investment committee is...

5. AMP Capital appoints Adam Kirkman as new ESG head
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... verification, emissions trading, investment analysis and sustainability reporting.     Prior to this he was program manager energy & climate change at the World Business Council for...

6. CBD Energy wins Thai solar contract; reports positive results
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...idance given in April.   The after-tax result includes an abnormal one-off write-back of prior year tax losses of $3.7 million, based on the auditors' opinion that CBD will be profitable ...

7. India’s first micro-lender IPO eyes $304m
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...lion, according to a recent report by micro- lending network body SA-Dhan.  Over the same period, the total outstanding microfinance loans doubled to a high of Rs 117.34 billion (A$3.09 bil...

8. Mandatory energy efficiency disclosure offers investment opportunities
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... Like any substantial change introduced to a market, mandatory disclosure will present an initial period of confusion and adaptation while the market works out the best way to digest and address th...

9. Grassroots unite against greenhouse gases
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...offered by the biomass resource, notably food-crop (wheat) residues. The report also recommends various energy efficiency measures that could be taken by the community and noted that if the resid...

10. More power to the energy savers
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...ld they decide it advantageous to do so. But in reality, there is no real incentive for utilities to seriously invest in efficiency given the downside for their income base and the yardsticks by which...

11. Doing the REIT thing
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...are driving the focus on NABERS Energy ratings among ASX-listed REITs’ office portfolios, says Elaine Prior, senior analyst at Citi Research (See Drivers of Change, p.12). “Less efficient buildin...

12. Asset Owners Disclosure Project to put Australian funds on the global stage
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...his initiative will be critical to assessing the degree to which funds globally have taken that duty seriously and how they are driving change throughout the investment landscape for the benefit of th...

13. AGL wins NSW sustainability awards
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...ical Investor observes this was for the simple reason that the electricity generation fell over that period.   AGL says in its 2009 sustainability report: "Over 2008/09, our Operational Footp...

14. Global Q2 clean energy investment down 3.0 per cent yr-on-yr – report
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...nd last year, saw US$11.5 billion in new asset financing in the quarter, a 9.6 per cent rise over the prior quarter and a 72.1 per cent jump from a year earlier.   The picture looked substant...

15. Global Q2 clean energy investment down 3.0 per cent yr-on-yr – report
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...nd last year, saw US$11.5 billion in new asset financing in the quarter, a 9.6 per cent rise over the prior quarter and a 72.1 per cent jump from a year earlier.   The picture looked substant...

16. UPDATE: Environmentalists at odds with Ichthys gas field environmental assessment
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....   Inpex’s EIS, which is up for public review to 10 September, contains eight potential scenarios for an oil and gas leak from the project, WWF says.   “If a small spill were to occ...

17. Federal government puts Queensland CSG approvals on hold
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... and Arrow Energy."   "I am concerned regarding the potential for widespread, irreversible, serious environmental harm associated with the widespread application of highly saline and sodic wa...

18. James Thier: A man on an ethical mission
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...86 and has watched the company grow exponentially since, albeit after a very slow and unstable early period that forced the company to almost fail, restructure, re-finance, and re-jig the board of dir...

19. Can pricing the planet’s services protect them?
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...ompanies and sectors that are considered to be underperforming, and therefore exposed to risk, and to prioritise their engagement activities with those companies and sectors. Ultimately this encourage...

20. Measuring social outcomes has little impact
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...utes to development – it just generates reports”. Industry leaders such as the Netherlands-based Triodos Bank, which Saunders advises, have turned to making public each and every loan made on beh...

21. The problem with cleantech
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...Forum highlighted both the general lack of investment from Australian investors in cleantech and the serious funding gaps in seed areas  of the industry.Climate change combined with resource depl...

22. Break free of fossil fuel gridlock
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...ap, large-scale energy generation from fossil fuels. For Australia to take a low carbon economy seriously, it needs to address structural barriers to increasing the contributions of energy effici...

23. Break free of fossil fuel gridlock
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...cheap, large-scale energy generation from fossil fuels. For Australia to take a low carbon economy seriously, it needs to address structural barriers to increasing the contributions of energy effici...

24. Testing the water
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...on compared with coal.   But some conservationists, farmers and local council planners have serious questions about their environmental claims. Conservationists ask how carbon-intensive CSG...

25. Testing the water
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...on compared with coal.   But some conservationists, farmers and local council planners have serious questions about their environmental claims. Conservationists ask how carbon-intensive CSG...

26. Government launches protection against predatory lending
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...estments Commission (ASIC) disclosed that over 14,800 consumer credit registrations had been accepted prior to its taking over of the regulation of consumer credit from the states yesterday. ASIC is n...

27. Wind power to die by 2030 - report
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...water and stormwater for fit-for-purpose uses will continue to grow strongly throughout the forecast period. Technologies associated with reducing the energy use of desalination will grow particularly...

28. Wind power to die by 2030 - report
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...water and stormwater for fit-for-purpose uses will continue to grow strongly throughout the forecast period. Technologies associated with reducing the energy use of desalination will grow particularly...

29. Geodynamics shares flounder as MD quits
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...a Geodynamics non-executive director since 2006, would immediately assume the MD role for an interim period.   The company said a search would begin for a permanent replacement MD to see the ...

30. Geodynamics shares flounder as MD quits
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...a Geodynamics non-executive director since 2006, would immediately assume the MD role for an interim period.   The company said a search would begin for a permanent replacement MD to see the ...

31. Investor revolt over carbon risk marks line in the sand for energy giants
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...d.” But Climate Institute’s Poulter says, “[BP’s estimate] isn’t likely under any reasonable scenario. The cost side, too, is under a dark cloud. Tar sands extraction is emissions intensive – up ...

32. Property industry supports mandatory disclosure; urges Senate support
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...owners,” Peter Verwer, CEO of the PCA said. Verwer welcomed the agreement to extend the transition period and changes to the proposed punishing penalty regime. He also welcomed the government’s comm...

33. David Jones’ governance reputation intact despite CEO dismissal
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...said had been offered all appropriate support.   “The board takes her allegations extremely seriously,” he said, and “has taken and will continue to take steps to ensure that this complaint i...

34. ING, Mirvac transform iconic Sydney building
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...NG Office Fund and Mirvac (ASX: MGR) will deliver building services plus an entirely new lobby and interior, comprising 35,000 square metres across 31 levels of modern office space with premium-grade ...

35. Macquarie plays ball to tackle homelessness
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...lised people. The Macquarie Group Foundation has supported The Big Issue for over four years in various capacities including the Community Street Soccer Program and recent Macquarie-hosted Sydney...

36. Dyesol, Pilkington form solar glass joint venture
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...e BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaics), AIPV (Automotive Integrated Photovoltaics), as well as interior PV generating glass based products, powered displays and security devices.   Marc T...

37. Dyesol, Pilkington form solar glass joint venture
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...e BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaics), AIPV (Automotive Integrated Photovoltaics), as well as interior PV generating glass based products, powered displays and security devices.   Marc Tho...

38. Credit unions get thumbs up as banks accused of ‘gouging’ customers
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...ike CUA, are owned by customers and their profits are reinvested into the business, in the form of superior products, better interest rates and lower fees,” Whitehead said.   “Unlike the big ...

39. Geodynamics plans $100m share issue
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...different casings material - caused a roughly 18-month setback in its demo plant schedule.   Prior to the blowout, it planned to have the demo plant up in 2013. It now expects to take a final...

40. Geodynamics plans $100m share issue
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...different casings material - caused a roughly 18-month setback in its demo plant schedule.   Prior to the blowout, it planned to have the demo plant up in 2013. It now expects to take a final...

41. Clean energy future under cloud
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...passing its planned overhaul of the renewable energy target (RET) legislation, there would be ''very serious consequences'' for investment in large-scale renewable energy projects.   AGL CEO ...

42. The best investment for our future
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...s of working age have poor literacy skills and two-thirds poor numeracy. These statistics would be a serious worry in a developing country, but in a rich country such as Australia, they are alarming. ...

43. Linda Selvey: Rainbow Warrior
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Dubbed “Rainbow Warrior” when she became Greenpeace CEO and dyed her hair, Linda Selvey swaps colourful for direct when it comes to climate change.  Medical doctor, cancer researcher, public he

44. Tidal flats turned into fatal shores
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...es, but that changes are too hard to record because few sites have been monitored over a long enough period of time. “It is so sad to know that the habitats these birds use - tidal flats - are bein...

45. Light at the end of the tunnel
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... To achieve this BFP has developed a manufacture-to-sale timeframe of six months. At the end of this period the investor can reclaim the loan with interest, (typically 6-12 per cent) or receive the in...

46. Light at the end of the tunnel
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... To achieve this BFP has developed a manufacture-to-sale timeframe of six months. At the end of this period the investor can reclaim the loan with interest, (typically 6-12 per cent) or receive the in...

47. Government holds cure to cleantech malaise
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...or cleantech sector growth. Take the concentrated solar power (CSP) market. Although Australia’s interior is home to vast tracts of desert where the sun shines strongly most of the day, significant ...

48. Government holds cure to cleantech malaise
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...cleantech sector growth. Take the concentrated solar power (CSP) market. Although Australia’s interior is home to vast tracts of desert where the sun shines strongly most of the day, significant ...

49. Foul Weather Friends
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...ity projects and programs. So in theory at least, its total spending on nonprofits could reduce as deteriorating economic conditions hit revenue. But this scenario didn’t occur last year because of th...

50. Federal government launches Social Impact Property Fund
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... these organisations financial capacity to purchase the same property by the end of the 7-year lease period. “SIA is increasing asset ownership in the community sector which in turn strengthens the ...