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Climate Institute calls for long-term national carbon budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Institute is calling on the Climate Change Authority (CCA) to establish a "scientifically robust" carbon budget for Australia. Erwin Jackson, deputy CEO, The Climate Institute A long-term carbon budget would "properly recognise the risks ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary have all been certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The three facilities that make up Zoos Victoria have been assessed against the Australian government's National Carbon Offset ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
With the future of the carbon pricing mechanism hinging on the outcome of the September federal election, business is struggling with making long-term decisions, according to Norton Rose. Elisa de Wit There are two main areas where businesses are being ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have released three reports analysing the impacts of climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood of ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Upgrade Fund (TAEUF 2) established by Eureka Funds Management. TAEUF 2 is financed by AU$16 million from ANZ Bank, and Low Carbon Australia invested AU$10 million as its part of the finance. Eureka is the trustee of TAEUF 2, which finances energy efficiency ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... analysis showed that reducing the legislated large-scale renewable energy target of 41,000 gigawatt hours would increase carbon pollution by 119 million tonnes over the life of the scheme. Supporters of keeping the RET in place said it would create investment ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... industry are also integrating climate change into their risk management models, pointing to the ways in which banks factor carbon emission pricing into how they lend to power generation companies that utilise coal-fired generators. "Big institutional ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has been certified carbon neutral under National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) by Low Carbon Australia. "As part of our work we're delivering new waste management solutions, upgrading several of our council buildings by installing ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM, the investment specialist that co-publishes the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... At the systemic level, there should be a focus on transaction taxes, stewardship codes and pricing externalities such as carbon emissions. "The fact is, if we are going to contain global warming below two degrees, as many governments have committed to ...