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IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... joined international investors groups that are expressing concern about fugitive methane leaks and are calling on oil and gas companies to adopt universal implementation of best practices to prevent venting of natural gas into the atmosphere. IGCC, the ...

PRI, GRESB agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... PRI's US network. Prior to her hire, Mahida worked as part of the environmental, health and safety team at Hess, a US oil and gas company. She has also been vice president of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), managing their US operations, and previously ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... resources sector plays an important role in our industry", says David Mestres Ridge, CEO of S wala Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration company. Swala has exploration operations in the East African Rift System. According to its web site, Swala ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors have joined a group of 70 global investors calling on the world's top oil and gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks of climate change to their business. The Carbon Asset Risk (CAR) initiative, coordinated ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Citi analysts say coal miners, aluminium/alumina producers, and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... market capitalisation relates to fossil fuels overall - with 7.7% of the ASX200 market capitalisation relating to oil and gas, 1.5% related to thermal coal production- which Citi sees as potentially at greatest risk - 2.0% to coking coal and the remaining ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... of political and policy considerations, BNEF's analysis of wind power showed the cost differences between wind and oil and gas plants, even before the price of carbon is taken into account. "The analysis also suggests that large-scale solar PV could ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... market capitalisation relates to fossil fuels overall - with 7.7% of the ASX200 market capitalisation relating to oil and gas, 1.5% related to thermal coal production- which Citi sees as potentially at greatest risk - 2.0% to coking coal and the remaining ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood of more than two degrees of global warming in coming decades means that investors in Australian ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... The report noted that industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining ...