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Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Last week, Professor Ross Garnaut released an update to his 2008 climate change review, calling for a CPRS with a price of between AU$20 and AU$30 per tonne of carbon emissions. Swan said that the Productivity ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... also founded the Climate Advocacy Fund, an index fund that aims to encourage improved corporate performance on climate change issues. Thier talks to The Sustainability Report about ethical and sustainable investing, Australian Ethical's goals and how ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... of flight emissions." says Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "As the flying public's understanding of climate change [h]as evolved, Virgin has continued to give its clients a simple way to offset individual flights." The offsets used by Virgin ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... economy." Finsia's conclusions came just ahead of the release of Professor Ross Garnaut's report updating his 2008 climate change review. Throughout the year, Garnaut has released update papers. In Update Paper 6, "Carbon pricing and reducing Australia's ...

Environmental services company declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Program, a voluntary scheme. The program is administered by Low Carbon Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. "Companies need to respond to climate change," said William Thiel, technical director at An Mea, in ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... has undertaken "water saving initiatives [that] paid for themselves within seven months." The company recognizes climate change, direct use of water and the effect of drought, waste generation and store development as material issues for the business. ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... by public policies, according to a report from over 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Additionally, increasing the use of renewable energies could lead to cumulative greenhouse gas savings equivalent to ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... executives around the world, with 28% coming from Asia-Pacific companies. Chi Woo, KPMG director, sustainability, climate change and water "Increasingly, companies are understanding and are more familiar with the relevance of sustainability, that it ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change confirmed to Pacific Hydro that the 158MW La Confluencia run of river hydro project was registered to create and trade carbon ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Investment and co-founder of the Climate Advocacy Fund, which proposed the amendment. "This was the first time a climate change agenda item was voted on in Australia," Thier said. "It was supported by some significant superannuation funds and by some ...