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Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... companies, many lag behind "reasonable expectations" for providing data regarding carbon footprints and/or greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, SustainabilityServices said the quality of information on water usage was "shockingly low" for a country deemed ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Clients have responded with curiosity to see how Mercer's modeling of costs relative to climate change and carbon dioxide emissions reduction policies globally can impact on their asset allocation and their returns. "Some clients are coming to us to ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Change (IGCC) and Catholic Super. The research by economic modelling firm SKM/MMA compared the costs of meeting a -5% emissions reduction target with a carbon price starting in 2012 versus starting the carbon price in 2016. A four-year delay would delay ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... released a paper calling for clear policies for a "predictable, measured transition to a long term price on greenhouse gas emissions" while recognising the mining industry's role in developing climate change reduction strategies and ensure efficient ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... policies to reduce pollution and support the move to clean energy, identifying over 1,000 measures to reduce carbon emissions. "Some have introduced emissions trading schemes (ETSs), and all have in place a range of more limited, less direct measures ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Putting a price on carbon emissions is the only way to drive investment in cleaner energy innovation, and failing to do so would condemn Australia to becoming "an old-world, high-polluting technological backwater," Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a speech ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... 200 companies in the portfolio, and put up a resolution via a mechanism we've built into the process based upon carbon emissions/ reduction targets, or in the case of Woodside, how they evaluated the future cost of carbon in their modelling process. ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... reflected in financial statements. He compared the use of a physical measure for water to the way that greenhouse gas emissions are measured. "I draw a parallel between what we're seeing here and what we see with the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions," ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... considered to be operating 'at or close to peak efficiency' as a positive, but also noted that the company did not meet 2010 emissions intensity targets, with an increase in emissions intensity in the industrial portfolio. For OZ Minerals, the report ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... is a voluntary certification scheme which allows Australian businesses to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations or products. This government initiative is delivered by Low Carbon Australia which acts ...