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Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... experience in debt and structured finance arising from transactions for financial institutions, infrastructure projects and utilities. Parbery is a founding partner and board director of PPB Advisory, which provides services around insolvency, restructuring ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... material impacts, which in turn has contributed to a relative dearth of ESG -specific fixed income products. "Imagine some utilities that have exposures through carbon pricing, for example," Woods said. "There is certainly an issue there for debt holders ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... of women on boards is in materials, with 5.6%, energy, 6% and information technology, 7.5%. The report notes that the utilities sector last year saw women represent less than 5% of board positions in 2010 and jumped to 9.3% in 2011, "the highest proportional ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... several versions of the guidelines for different sectors, including financial services, mining and metals, electric utilities and airports. CRESS is the seventh sector to be covered. See Also: Gillard government allocates funds to GRI Focal Point Australia ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... staples sector has the highest proportion of companies with emissions reduction targets, with 94%, or 32 companies. The utilities sector had the best average climate change performance, while the information technology sector had the lowest average performance ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Report as well as Best Sustainability Reporting of an ASX 50 Company and Best Sustainability Reporting for an Energy and Utilities Company. These are not the first awards that AGL has been given for its sustainability reporting - in March of this year ...

GRI releases airport operator sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... several versions of the guidelines for different sectors, including financial services, mining and metals, and electric utilities. The airport operators sector supplement is the sixth sector to be covered. See Also: GRI developing oil and gas sector ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... AGL was the only Australian company to be named among the 13 companies worldwide which make up the DJSI World electric utilities section. Ausgrid and Hydro Tasmania 's sustainability reports were highly commended by ESAA's panel. Additionally, Ausgrid ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... 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, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. ...