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Sustainability reporting improving, room to grow: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... efficient allocation of capital market investments. This is fundamental to driving the transition to a sustainable and low-carbon economy." The report found that 36% of companies have improved their materiality disclosures since 2013, and more companies ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the company and half by customers and staff, and in environmental performance Wesfarmers has also implemented a shadow carbon price and reduced emissions intensity by 37% over 5 years. Managing supply chain issues continues to be an area of focus for ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... adopt a science-based emissions reduction target and reduce short-lived climate pollutant emissions. Origin is a major carbon emitter, and energy production is responsible for around two-thirds of global carbon emissions." Nearly 40 Australian companies ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... has a target to source 25% of the municipality's electricity from renewables by 2018." See Also: Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... strong focus on refinance. We see that very much in the bond market and in this particular theme." The report found that low carbon transport constituted the lion's share of climate-aligned bond issuance, at US$418.8 billion, or 70% of the total, followed ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... which it says will reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector to 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. China committed to lowering carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 60% to 65% from the 2005 level by 2030 and increase the forest stock volume by around ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... employee engagement techniques can be used as strategic mechanisms for the labour market to develop programs to mitigate carbon emissions, according to Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University. "A major ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... report climate change engagement on climate policy, and align with the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing as part of its commitments, the company said. "We are heading towards a carbon constrained future and AGL wants ...