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Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... published a new guidance for the events sector to increase the relevance of reporting on issues including greenhouse gas emissions, waste, attendee travel, event legacy, and initiatives taken at an event to promote sustainability and transparency. The ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... wind farm development were "as a means to take action against human-induced climate change, [to] reduce greenhouse gas emissions" and job creation. As part of the study, CSIRO found that wind company representatives were vulnerable to community acceptance ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Westfield Group, the integrated retail property group, has reported lower direct and indirect GHG emissions in 2010, attributed to decreases in waste sent to landfill and to offsets from purchased electricity emissions balancing increases in direct ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... October and November 2011 passed an historic package of initiatives paving the way for market-based pricing of carbon emissions liabilities. Experts weighed in on costs and potential liabilities offered under the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... study of U.S. suppliers of tomatoes and potatoes shows a widely diverging capability to report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and identify areas of successful emissions management and sustainable farming practices, according to the Carbon Disclosure ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... generate electricity, heating and cooling, occupancy sensors and double glazing. The retrofit is intended to cut CO2-e emissions by approximately 2500 tonnes per year, the City of Melbourne said. A second EUA agreement has also been announced, signed ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... achieved leaves the future Australian ETS in limbo, because while the government had previously agreed to a 5% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, the door was left open to increase those cuts should there be a strong international agreement to target global ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... which additionality can be shown," Nichols said. "I'm told NGERS is a reliable modelling tool for measuring overall emissions, but not so much for measuring annual emissions. As a result, using NGERS to establish a baseline for the methodology in Victoria ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the company said. CSL's water consumption increased by 2.2% and its estimated total scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions for manufacturing facilities was 165 kilotonnes Co2-e for 2010-2011, an increase of 0.4%. Compared to the company's baseline ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... chiller unit and building management system upgrade that will result in a reduction of approximately 170 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The creation EUA structure required a change to the City of Melbourne Act to permit the collection of the EUC. ...