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Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sources. The plan was intended to help residential owners offset the cost of installing rooftops solar panel systems by generating certificates that could be purchased by liable entities - mostly wholesale energy retailers - that needed to meet renewable ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... performance is key here. We will also review their progress on integrating ESG well as we that ESG is important for generating strong long term investment returns." As a way of both offsetting the risk of carbon intensity and to seek investment opportunities ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... limited to environmental considerations and risk minimisation, but is rather the search for shareholder value while generating positive social, environmental and economic impacts. As an example, Sharma cites Kodak, which failed to see the disruptive ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... be a material issue for the professional services industry, in that a healthy and motivated workforce is central to generating the company's output. The legal industry is no exception to that, and law firms are beginning to recognise and report on employee ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... site as part of the permitting process as that would not meet the additionality test. Although there are no entities generating ACCUs as yet, in a recent bulletin, Norton Rose noted that there are revenue-generating opportunities for entities in support ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... policies, company engagement practices and investment decisions. "Reducing emissions exposure, while finding the revenue generating businesses of the new economy are now key investment challenges," Nathan Fabian, CEO of IGCC. "The Global Investor Survey ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... use. "Institutional investors increasingly recognise that companies in their portfolios can reduce emissions while generating efficiencies," said Paul Simpson, CDP CEO. "Minimising exposure to emissions regulation in Australia, the EU and other markets ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolios. "Local Government Super believes that a well-developed responsible investment strategy can both assist in generating long-term risk-controlled investment returns, while also aligning ourselves with our members' environmental and social concerns," ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... at the least amount of cost as evidence that many companies view engagement as a way of managing risk, rather than generating value. "If a company really saw that there was value in engaging with Indigenous people, wouldn't they be trying to maximise ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... also manages a portfolio of CDM projects and the associated CER credits. COzero has 30 projects in the CDM portfolio, generating 30m tonnes of offsets over a 10 year period. "It changes the way we purchase CERs now," said COzero CEO Nick Armstrong. "If ...