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Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... a senior associate at Net Balance. "Since the merger, we've had three or four market development projects for green materials and recycled materials. This s part of a resource efficiency and waste to resource agenda which brings together what we were ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... elicit thanks,... and then be thrown away. "The fatuity of the products is matched by the profundity of the impacts. Rare materials, complex electronics, the energy needed for manufacture and transport are extracted and refined and combined into compounds ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... by 30 June 2011, and the highest proportion of companies with no board roles held by female directors represent the materials at 54.35%, energy at 50% and industrial sectors at 46.43%. The AICD report found that the average size of ASX200 company boards ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... of the report's producers. The banking and telecommunications sectors had the highest take-up of assurance, while the materials and real estate sectors posted the highest number of assurance statements included within their reports. The commercial and ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... cities certified as green. "Australia as a nation has had to manage scarcity much more than abundance - water, building materials, traditionally, there has been a scarcity of resources, " Mellon said. "The ability for us to take the learning outcomes ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia. The family-owned company employs about 70 staff and prints products including magazines, marketing materials, annual reports, newspaper inserts and stationery. Vega Press's owners uses power factor improvement systems and energy efficient ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... climate change, loss of biodiversity and other ecosystem services, and growing global demand for commodities and primary materials," the company said. "We seek not only to mitigate these risks through our investment strategies, but also to view them ...

Bendigo Wealth to provide support to Cool Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... biodiversity, energy use and climate change. The five year financial support is targeted at putting Cool Australia's materials in front of 50% of Australian schools by 2017, according to Bendigo Wealth. "While Bendigo Wealth's financial support will ...

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... important improvements on solar technology. "Importantly, Southern Cross Venture Partners and NVP will provide Brisbane Materials with active investment management support to help it overcome the challenges of commercialisation." The Southern Cross Renewable ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... report board-level oversight of water-related policies, strategies or plans. The majority of CDP respondents were in the materials sector. Of the companies that responded, 91% had good overall awareness of water risks within direct operations, but only ...