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Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... GRI reporters - 14% of 2011 GRI reports come from within that sector, in line with previous years. Energy and energy utilities are the second and third most frequent GRI reporters, and the GRI said that there has been a "noticeable" rise in GRI reports ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... score of 297 tonnes versus 243 tonnes, based on the fact that the ASX is heavily exposed to the energy, materials and utilities sector, and that a vast majority of electricity is derived from coal, which is a Scope 2 emission. However, the audit, which ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... tonnes of carbon emissions a year - independent power producers and energy traders, construction materials, electric utilities, marine, multi-utilities, oil, gas and consumable fuels, airlines, metals and mining, paper and forest products, chemicals ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... experience in debt and structured finance arising from transactions for financial institutions, infrastructure projects and utilities. Parbery is a founding partner and board director of PPB Advisory, which provides services around insolvency, restructuring ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... material impacts, which in turn has contributed to a relative dearth of ESG -specific fixed income products. "Imagine some utilities that have exposures through carbon pricing, for example," Woods said. "There is certainly an issue there for debt holders ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... of women on boards is in materials, with 5.6%, energy, 6% and information technology, 7.5%. The report notes that the utilities sector last year saw women represent less than 5% of board positions in 2010 and jumped to 9.3% in 2011, "the highest proportional ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... several versions of the guidelines for different sectors, including financial services, mining and metals, electric utilities and airports. CRESS is the seventh sector to be covered. See Also: Gillard government allocates funds to GRI Focal Point Australia ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... staples sector has the highest proportion of companies with emissions reduction targets, with 94%, or 32 companies. The utilities sector had the best average climate change performance, while the information technology sector had the lowest average performance ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Report as well as Best Sustainability Reporting of an ASX 50 Company and Best Sustainability Reporting for an Energy and Utilities Company. These are not the first awards that AGL has been given for its sustainability reporting - in March of this year ...