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Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... systemic level, there should be a focus on transaction taxes, stewardship codes and pricing externalities such as carbon emissions. "The fact is, if we are going to contain global warming below two degrees, as many governments have committed to doing ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... start, said LCAL CEO Meg McDonald. "Street lighting is the single largest source of energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions from the local government sector and it typically accounts for 30 to 60% of emissions," McDonald said. "It's a significant issue ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... their projects faster. This leads to wins for both the businesses involved and the environment through the reduction of emissions." Wiley has already undertaken a variety of projects to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon intensity. Wiley recently ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia's carbon trading scheme as currently constructed, other markets are coming on line. California has launched an emissions trading scheme, Kazakhstan is starting a pilot emissions trading scheme and the various emissions trading schemes are being ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... or future climate changes risks to their global supply chains, but only 28% of suppliers report having a target for emissions reductions. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain's fifth information request was sent to more than 6,000 suppliers ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... actual water bills to track performance." In terms of energy use, Charter Hall reported an increase in scope 1 carbon emissions, but a decrease in scope 2 indirect emissions from 2011 to 2012, but overall energy consumption fell slightly from 2011 to ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... and product information A healthy, safe and fair workplace Minimising environmental externalities, particularly carbon emissions, and Responsible service of gaming It's a good list, with the most problematic issues listed first and last. The phrase 'service ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to grow from around 30,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) at present to around 65,000 GWh in 2020-21, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 102 million tonnes over the same period," said Bernie Fraser, CCA chair in a statement. The Clean Energy Council ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... sectors. The CEFC will be an AU$10bn fund that will mobilise its own and private sector capital into renewable energy, low-emissions and energy efficiency projects and technologies in Australia. "The expectation of the government was that they didn't ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... project in regional Victoria that will potentially improve power security during peak demand through providing lower-emissions power generation. Site of NovaPower's energy project in Traralgon, Victoria. (photo courtesy NovaPower) NovaPower will use ...