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Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... 33% and payback within three years, with companies that set absolute targets achieving higher reductions. "We find that company investments in reduction projects are generating attractive returns well in excess of cost of capital, however, companies ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... properties offer significant pricing differentiation over conventional property." The report cites diversified property company GPT as a top regional performer, along with Hammerson in the EU and Liberty in North America A majority of companies in Asia ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... of the MCA Water Accounting Standard focuses on an input-output model. According to the MCA website, the model aligns company water metrics into four source categories - surface water, groundwater, sea water and third party water, and four destinations ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Richgro waste-to-energy plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia has provided finance for an anaerobic digestion plant for garden products supplier Richgro, allowing the company to adopt waste-to-energy technology. The anaerobic digestion plant is expected to be operational by June 2013 and is expected ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... also noted in her presentation that ISEA3000/ASAE3000 can be used to scope which sustainably performance information the company would like to have assured. The report found that environmental data were the most commonly assured disclosures, followed ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... its Climate Advocacy Fund with the express intention of voting in favour of the resolution, which would have amended the company constitution. Australian Ethical's AU$10.2m Climate Advocacy Fund is an indexed fund explicitly designed to permit increased ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... lives where their parents say, have you thought about private health insurance, or what about superannuation, this is the company superannuation fund. In your peer and your family and your community, there are discussions about that, or tax implications ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... this iconic property and this accolade aligns with our vision of being globally recognised as the leading real estate company in Australia," said Darren Steinberg, CEO of DEXUS, in a statement. The co-owners are donating the â,¬50,000 prize money towards ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... two-strikes rule, under which shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... said. MarketLink took six months to develop and was formally launched at CarbonExpo. It captures the conviction that the company has about the future of carbon liabilities pricing. "From liable parties' perspective, they can do three things now," he ...