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ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... from 2015, there will be an absolute limit on emissions from the country's most emissions-intensive industries. The government will set those limits after receiving recommendations from the CCA. The timing of the CCA cap is very tight in comparison to ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... series of cuts to help pay for a proposal to end the fixed price period for carbon emissions a year early. The Rudd government has proposed starting the floating emissions trading scheme on 1 July 2014, a year ahead of schedule, a move that will cost ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has signed the Investor Statement on Bangladesh, joining more than 190 shareholders and investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... commitments. Emerging from the debate around these questions, a set of recommendations has been put forward for any government intending to implement paragraph 47: Focus on materiality Ensure outcomes-based and contextual reporting Facilitate the integration ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... There are 17 or 18 projects that we support. We look for projects that help people and that might be overlooked by government and major donors." Since 2010, LUCRF has made 19 grants to 17 community groups in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... coal-fired power station in New South Wales. The agreement with Macquarie Generation, which is owned by the New South Wales government, will site the Algae.Tec facility next to the Bayswater coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley and will feed ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The newest version of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards will improve the quality of ESG disclosures, but governments and regulators need to foster a level playing field in which at least large companies are disclosing sustainability ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... guaranteed component with return based on agreed performance outcomes reflecting the money saved by the New South Wales government b keeping families together. The junior tranche of AU$2.5 million will be partially funded by The Benevolent Society, the ...