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Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... looking to replicate this model across this national electricity market," he said. "The benefits are a lower carbon footprint and the avoided investment in distribution networks, which is obviously a pretty high profile question at the moment.... We ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... leader in sustainability and we encourage our customers to consider how using our services can reduce their own carbon footprint," Nugent said. "We've even designed an online calculator that can help them with their own emissions calculations." The online ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reductions to the costs of the four largest energy consuming buildings operated by council while reducing our carbon footprint." According to Low Carbon Australia, the aquatic centre plant is expected to help the council avoid approximately 1000 tonnes ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... look at how that impacts volatility in a portfolio. There are other tools that are used by investors such as carbon footprint, and perhaps, say, using a broader approach, which is moving out of the listed equity space.... I think those are issues where ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... scarcity and ageing demographics - are like alpha tail risks, hence the importance of fossil fuel dependency or carbon footprint. Two, the [other factors] e.g. gender equality or GINI co-efficients, are more of a beta argument. We are confident that ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 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, veal, lamb ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "We have a global policy to reduce the travel for internal meetings. The biggest factor for reducing our carbon footprint is to reduce flights in geographies such as the US and Australia, where we are reinforcing to reduce travel as it equates ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Plant's operations, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. "The plant has been able to reduce its total carbon footprint by just under 75% through cogeneration. It has then purchased offsets approved under the Australian government's National Carbon ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... a lower overall risk scoring than MSCI World index." The audit showed that LGS's Australian share portfolio's carbon footprint was 285.8 tonnes, against a benchmark of 297.6 tonnes, and the aggregate LGS ESG score is 7.5, below the benchmark 7.7, indicating ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... signals. "The biggest challenges are one, failing to develop a business logic," Sharma said. "If reducing the carbon footprint is seen as a compliance or risk reduction strategy rather than a business opportunity for future competitiveness, it will not ...