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Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Although the impacts of the carbon price will vary depending on the business sector, the cost of the carbon price in the first year on the services sector could be as low as 0.1% of general ledger expenses, according to consultancy Pangolin Associates. ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Companies should familiarise themselves with the compliance side of the forthcoming carbon price to be aware of the mechanism and available assistance, and should review contracts to see how they will be affected by up-stream and down-stream cost pass-ons ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has helped finance the $1.6m upgrade of a 7,000 square metre office and retail building in Ipswich, Queensland. The redevelopment of Trident's Limestone Street Centre featured upgrades to lighting, air-conditioning and a building ...

AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... AusLSA, an industry-led association promoting sustainable practices in the legal sector, has partnered with Greenstone Carbon Management on the reporting solution, which will allow members to input business consumption data including electricity, paper ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... dairy The new facility will produce Plantic eco Pastic, which uses up to 80% certified renewable material that reduces the carbon footprint of fresh food packaging. Supermarket chain Coles has used eco Plastic on a number of lines across pre-packed beef ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... policy moves of governments around the world to mitigate their impacts means that Australia's renewable energy target and carbon pricing regime is not an outlier, and also means that investors must manage the financial impacts of climate change, said ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... water usage regularly. In their annual Fund Sustainability Review 2012, SuperRatings found that the introduction of the carbon pricing regime in July is spurring a drive towards sustainability in investments and operations by superannuation funds. Despite ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... council for customers, where we could discuss topics that are critical at the moment," Zwissler said. "That could be the carbon tax, that could be other issues, and we found that there are differences in each industry and even for each company." The ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has certified as carbon neutral Western Water 's Class A Recycled Water Plant in Melton, north-west of Melbourne. The Melton plant's biogas cogeneration facility uses methane emissions generated from the water recycling process ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has conducted a carbon and ESG audit of its equity portfolios and found that while domestic Australian equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. Bill Hartnett The audits show ...