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GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... are designed to complement existing UN Global Compact platforms on children's rights, women's empowerment, climate and energy, water, and anti-corruption.

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... treasurer. Prime Minister Abbott, leader of the conservative Liberal party, has disbanded the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, with those portfolios now attributed to the Department of Industry, headed by Ian Macfarlane. "We will be continuing ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Japan's Nippon Gas has bought a 16% stake in COzero, the energy management solutions provider has announced. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The investment will give Nippon Gas access to COzero's energy solutions, including EnergyLink, a newly developed ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... according to the CDP Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013. The report is co-written by CDP and PwC, based on climate and energy data of 389 companies listed on the FTSE Global 500 Equity Index and collected by CDP at the request of 722 institutional ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the declaration. NCD signatories are integrating ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... GRESB) According to the GRESB 2013 report, the real estate sector globally is reducing its environmental impact, decreasing energy consumption by 4.8% in 2011-2012, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 163,000 homes. Over the same period ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has been recognised at the C40 and Siemens Climate Leadership Award in the category of Energy Efficient Built Environment. The award, which was given in London earlier this week, recognises Melbourne's initiatives to create an ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... to reward financial markets to find the more than US$1 trillion per year that will be needed to decarbonise the global energy system by 2020, according to HSBC Global Research. HSBC said that in addition to the US$1 trillion per year needed to decarbonise ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... upgrade. It will also reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 606,700kg a year and cut more than $80,000 off the building's energy bills, according to the City of Melbourne. The signing is a significant milestone, said Scott Bosckay, chief executive ...