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QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Fund" to Molpus. QIC first identified Molpus as a potential investment partner in 2010. Molpus' commitment to sustainable forestry played into QIC's decision to invest with them, Dick said. "Managers who are good operators are the ones who take care ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the CFI and converting existing credits to ACCUs. There are technical differences, and the main areas of concern are forestry and landfill gas. I sit on the landfill gas technical working group... the baseline for transitional projects has been dealt ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... significant portion of the national economy, with gross value farm production for 2010/2011 representing AU$49.3bn, gross value forestry and fisheries for 2010/2011 representing AU3.9bn and the total value of exports of both categories equalling AU$36.2bn. ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and relevant" principles when making investment decisions in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors - water, forestry and forests, energy and extractive industries. "Together, these policies and tools are helping us to embed a culture of responsible ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... needs of the region, such that the mines are integrated with the landscape, "whether that is agriculture, biodiversity forestry, housing development or other land uses," the report said. The NSW government is currently developing a land use plan for ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... own carbon footprint as well as that of its products," said Low Carbon Australia CEO Meg McDonald. "Its alliance with Forestry Stewardship Council and the use of environmentally low impact resources and techniques allows Mystique to provide an ethical ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... framework is consistent with their customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and minerals. The review of the four sensitive sector policies "... will include stakeholder consultation ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... of stakeholders in their sustainability reporting, the report found. The report was commissioned by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, Mining and Energy Division. "For me, the real take-away was what those reporters thought in terms ...