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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) ...

Rann steps down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... the United Kingdom. Martijn Wilder, a director of Low Carbon Australia and head of Baker and Mackenzie's global climate change and emissions trading practice has been appointed the new chairman. "Mr Rann's guidance and assistance in the company's negotiations ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... are for future growth - growth in population, growth in middle class," said Chi Woo, the Sydney-based director of climate change and sustainability at KPMG. "At the same time, it reflects on the constraints to growth - some of them are environmental ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Asia will affect institutional investor decisions," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change. "While I don't think that the white paper draws a direct line from environmental challenges in the region and Australia's ...