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IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by Greenspace, Northbrook, Ill, found switching ...

ESI Super appoints NAB as custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Fund (Queensland) has appointed National Australia Bank as custodian of its invested assets. According to a May newsletter to members, the ESI Super trustee had appointed NAB as its new custodian, and said ...

Fin services firms eye green IT

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... said they had already implemented a green IT policy. Australian and New Zealand respondents cited a desire to cut electricity consumption, reduce cooling costs and growing corporate pressure to be more 'sustainable' as key reasons for implementing a ...

Deutsche commits to CSR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... detailed how Deutsche Bank cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 per cent and sourced almost half its total electricity consumption using renewable energy. The bank is renovating its Frankfurt head office to become one of the most environmentally ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... He said the $2.7 million Bourke street property grant would be used to build a wind array scheme that will generate electricity for the building and also put electricity back into the grid. "It means we're reducing our carbon footprint and hopefully ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... assets that fall under regulated pricing regimes. Dell said these are the reason why RARE at the moment prefers gas and electricity utilities, or communications satellite communications networks. Illustrating the opportunities in infrastructure, the ...

CFS turns off the lights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... creating a more sustainable workplace. The best ideas were then selected for implementation with the winners household electricity bills paid for 12 months provided they chose the 100 per cent green-power option.

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... have shown favouratism towards pure cash products in a bid to seek safe haven from the global financial crisis. The Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation (ESI Super) for instance introduced a new lower risk cash option, the ESI Super Cash Deposit ...

ESI Super adds vanilla cash option

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation (ESI Super) has introduced another lower risk cash option for its members. The ESI Super Cash Deposit option invests in Commonwealth Government guaranteed securities with Authorised Deposit Institutions ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... possible downgrade. Redbank Project operates the Redbank Power station near Singleton in NSW and sells power into the NSW electricity grid. The full plant outage is continuing and management expects generation will not re-commence until the end of October. ...