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Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. The merger comes at a time where there is a global ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... production and GDP) will grow, but at an ever-slowing pace - because of problems with resource depletion, pollution, climate change, and rising inequity. As a result, global production will peak much earlier and at a lower level than many expect."[3] ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to have an impact. A couple of Australian funds are the first in the world to make their full disclosures around climate change and that can only continue. These asset owners are all signatories to the [Carbon Disclosure Project] CDP, some are signatories ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... communication around sustainability issues. "I did a whole lot of research with C-level executives on the Department of Climate Change a few years back, and the feedback was the same," he said. "Why do I do five different reports to five different bodies ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... 20% of North American companies are doing this, MSCI said. "This industry trend is a reflection not only of weak climate change and energy efficiencyâ€related regulations in North America over the last decade; it is also a consequence of low electricity ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Ethical's AU$10.2m Climate Advocacy Fund is an indexed fund explicitly designed to permit increased engagement around climate change issues, but the firm decided to buy Woolworths to engage on this issue, said Paul Smith, general manager, strategy and ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
A coalition of organisations including the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have called upon the governments of the world's largest economies to engage in a new dialogue on climate change policy ahead of the international climate negotiations ...

Combet announces phase-out of solar credit mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... lower the cost of electricity and curtail a potential oversupply in renewable energy certificates. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet made the announcement Friday ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... increasing comfort with the pricing regime, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 's Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2012. According to the 2012 report, 69% of ASX200 and NZX50 responding companies identified a risk to their business ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... need to be taken into consideration and factored in decision making," said Mathew Nelson, Ernst & Young Oceania climate change and sustainability leader. "For example, businesses are unlikely to forward purchase significant volumes of Carbon Units (CUs) ...