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Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... initial three years of the regime, there seems to be consensus that liable entities understand their obligations for the near future and are prepared for the carbon price's launch. "On preparedness, we believe the preparation of liable listed companies ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... reputation as a water manager has importance part to play in their ability to retain their license to operate and gain access to future mineral resources." Of the companies that responded, 91% had good overall awareness of water risks within direct operations ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... under regulatory and legislative pressure to manage fees, present simplified products and provide advice. The governments' Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms and Stronger Super reforms are rolling out from now over the next few years. "Two thirds ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Party/National Party coalition has endorsed the CFI, which was passed in a separate bill to other parts of the overall Clean Energy Future legislative package. However, the opposition coalition has committed to winding back other aspects of the carbon ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... to the needs of developing countries, including for capacity building. Paragraph 47 of the Rio+20 outcome document, The Future We Want

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Melbourne Fund about EUAs - some have "gone cold", but Bocskay said he expects "a number" to sign EUAs in the near future. "With the amended legislation coming into force on July 1st we expect some of those cold leads to warm up again," he ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... looking for commercial managers that had good investment results and had the potential to generate strong returns in the future, but also with a strong approach to ESG. I would say that we fit both criteria. Certainly LGS and Catholic Super are also ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... findings, ACSI is considering publicly naming companies that continue to provide little or no reporting on sustainability in future research reports," said Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO. The fifth report - The Sustainability Reporting Journey: Sustainability Reporting ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Economy Coalition, which are working to include a paragraph on sustainability disclosures into the outcomes document The Future We Want that will be the result of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - otherwise known as Rio+20. The ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number of the mechanisms set up under the Clean Energy Future legislative package including the carbon pricing mechanism, the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme, the ...