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Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental and social standards - it is both the right thing to do and will help us deliver our projects on time and on budget." Ahead of the July 1 start of the carbon pricing regime, Santos reported having integrated a carbon price into is planning ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... bring to clean energy projects, the CEFC could also act as a stabilizer, as a source of funding that's not subjected to budget cycle pressures. "We've been lobbying for years for something like the CEFC," Thornton said. "As important as the actual dollars ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... report said. "... Proving the impact of CSR increases the likelihood of continuing support for CSR and consequently ensures budget for CSR is assigned each year. However, many CSR strategies and programs may only show benefits over the medium- to long-term. ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... their analysis to make well-informed buy/sell decisions. See Also: Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... using the TIP framework, Mercer estimates that climate policy risk contributes 10% to an investment portfolio's total risk budget, compared with 1% for technology risk, and 12% for credit risk premium. Equity risk premium is still the largest portion ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... only 7% of respondents are responsible for ICT's power consumption, and another 7.2% include ICT's power bill in the ICT budget. The majority of respondents had no idea how much power is consumed by ICT. "The higher the visibility and the more responsibility ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... not covered by the package, and there is concern that parts of the assistance package to affected industries are left to budget allocations. Grant Anderson "In terms of things that are missing from the draft legislation, there are three things that I'd ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... 2008 resulted in 26% productivity gains in 2009/10, with the new facility being earnings accretive after only 18 months (budget three years) as increased earnings more than covered additional depreciation and interest arising from the cost of the new ...