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CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will provide "flexible and competitive fixed-rate, long-term finance tailored ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon neutrality ensures consumers that Ross Hill has taken extensive, well-planned measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by their business," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates managing director. "Consumers and supply chains can trust ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... and we will have to expand the list," Woolcott said. "The world is very much changed since 1992. I've talked about the emissions profile, but in terms of the transfer of wealth from west to east, it's also a fundamental difference now in the way countries ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon intensity at the end of each financial year and purchase credits from South Pole Group to offset the portfolio's emissions thereafter, Sheikh said. Future Super's portfolio had a carbon footprint of 1'321 tCO2e, compared to the ASX benchmark ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... uses data from CDP to assess if the largest metal and mining companies are taking actions including "setting meaningful emissions reduction targets, conducting water stress evaluation or preparing for the expected tightening and expansion of carbon regulation ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... the opportunities therein." The report also shows a link between reducing carbon intensity - as calculated by carbon emissions divided by sales - and improved firm productivity. BlackRock believes that if firms take a holistic view of the way they operate ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... found that nearly 90% of two thousand companies around the world have activities in place that are lowering their carbon emissions output, according to the CDP's 2015 Climate Change Report. CDP also released its 2015 Climate A List, which acknowledges ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services With scandals such as the discovery that car manufacturer VW had been cheating emissions tests on its diesel cars, plus other worldwide trends such as stewardship codes in the UK and Japan and industry-led ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Nearly 90% of two thousand companies around the world have activities in place that are lowering their carbon emissions output, according to the CDP's 2015 Climate Change Repor t. CDP has also released its 2015 Climate A List, which acknowledges the ...

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... do we mitigate the harm?" The book also explores the roles that corporations can play as producers of greenhouse gas emissions, technological innovators and employers and corporate systems. Wright notes that the structure of the listed corporate system ...