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ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... addressing this risk. It may also have environmental implications if production is relocated to a facility with higher emissions intensity or more generally less stringent environmental standards." The report notes that in Australia, initial capital ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... of Woolworths' environmental disclosures, the company reported that its carbon intensity - measured as tonnes of CO2 emissions (CO2-e) per million dollars of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) - fell from 956 in 2010 to 881 in 2011. Woolworths' ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... farms and the impacts of hydro projects. Pacific Hydro notched up 4,744 tonnes of scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions in the 2011 financial year across construction, ongoing operations and office-based activities of majority-owned assets. "The ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... America. "Despite strong gains in our environmental performance, we have faced challenges in reducing our absolute carbon emissions in Australia," the report said. "ANZ's business growth, including a number of acquisitions, has led to an increase in ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the percentage of women in leadership and decreases in its lost time injury frequency rate (LITFR) and greenhouse gas emissions, against a backdrop of a net profit of AU$6.99bn, an increase of 10% over 2010's result. The financial services and banking ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... technology that will save an estimated 388,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) and 344 tonnes of equivalent carbon dioxide (C02-e) emissions per year. Another was the Castlereagh Street energy efficiency upgrade, which featured the installation of variable speed ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... passed into law, and now that the infrastructure and timeline to creating a market-based mechanism for pricing carbon emissions is reality, so begins the era of carbon as a commodity. Liable companies will need to offset their emissions with permits ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Local Government Super (LGS) has completed a retrofit of a Sydney commercial property that will reduce the building's emissions reduced by approximately 85% and allow the building to operate independently of the electricity grid within a year. The upgrade ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and the impact of the common National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework, said Emma Herd, director of emissions and environment at Westpac, a sponsor of the report. "There have been changes in the way things are disclosed," Herd said. "NGER ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... firm Clayton Utz, which issued a bulletin after the legislation passed on Tuesday. "We do not know yet what will be the emissions cap to apply when the scheme moves from fixed price to capped emissions from 1 July 2015," the firm said. "This cap will ...