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Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... dioxide within the 2008-09 financial year. "This means most companies spending approximately $5 million or more in electricity each year, or over $1.5 million on gas, will be required to register and report on their emissions on or before December 2008," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... 0812 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was up seven points at 6291. Today, the Electricity and Carbon Price Outlook conference begins in Melbourne and a case continues in the Federal Court in Sydney between Telstra ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... Australian Bureau of Statistics we spend 0.7 per cent of disposable income on water as opposed to 2.7 per cent on gas and electricity, 3.6 per cent alcohol and cigarettes and 5 per cent on furniture. Where Lee claims we "need a price signal to tell consumers ...

US energy powers VFMC

... market in the United States is still extremely vibrant," he said. Besides, rising energy costs and increased demand for electricity can only make efficient, low-emission power assets attractive to the market. Founded in 1987, Energy Investors Funds said ...

ASX preps for emissions scheme

... has looked into the infrastructure requirements of such a scheme back in 1999. Coupled with this, ASX already trades electricity derivatives contracts and the existing infrastructure for this can be use for the "natural users of emissions derivatives". ...

IFM bolsters infrastructure team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... an advisory director to the Flinders Group. While at CSFB, he played a significant role in the sale of Victoria's electricity and gas assets, with a divesture value in excess of $35 billion. At SBC Warburg, Mangini played a leading role in the restructuring ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... missed in the discussion by most commentators. Another measure of the state of the cycle in the Chinese economy is the electricity generation data which shows that the peak growth of 15.4 per cent occurred in 2003 and has subsided to 13.7 per cent last ...

A fund that holds water

... director at Ord Minnett Asset Management & Products. The sector is the world's third largest industry after oil and electricity. It may be unfamiliar territory for many investors but things are starting to hot up as demand for freshwater outstrips supply. ...

Challenger Infrastructure Fund upgrades forecasts

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... year, maintaining its market leading position in the UK gas connections market and in its first year of operation, the electricity connections business exceeded its performance targets." Bickerton also commented on CIF's growth opportunities for 2007. ...

Go green, go dim

Switch off your electricity and save the world was the message from over 60 major finance companies that signed up to an initiative to cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions. It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie but on 31 March the Sydney building ...