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Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... GRESB's research was supported by23 institutional investors and affiliated groups and consultancies, including Local Government Super (LGS), AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. There is a marked improvement in the number of ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales (NSW) based Local Government Super (LGS) has seen nine of its 11 directly owned buildings upgraded from five NABERS stars to six stars, the maximum score for environmental performance of commercial buildings. One of LGS's properties ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... additionality test, the project can't be required to be undertaken by law," he said. "In the case of mining operations, the government has said that where it is a condition of gaining a mining approval that the mine operator has to undertake a biodiversity ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... pressure, project delays, bottlenecks and the curbing of expansion plans. Regnan notes that companies are lobbying government for an easing of restrictions on temporary migration visas, and that there is an expectation that overseas employment will help ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... enterprises and related parties "such as lenders, creditors, suppliers, insurers and water traders and water brokers"; government representatives and advisers; water industry regulators, water managers, including environmental water managers and water ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... reduction in workers compensation claims. Mirvac said in its presentation that the carbon price as proposed by the Gillard government would result in the cost of a three-bedroom house rising by less than AU$1,000. Mirvac is not directly liable under ...

R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... owners. RMWAH purchased Henbury cattle station, which is around 130km south of Alice Springs, with help from the federal government's Caring for Country program. Law firm Baker and McKenzie advised RMWAH on the deal. Martijn Wilder, a partner at Baker ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government's carbon pricing plan will tax mines for "fugitive" gas emissions - emissions of trapped methane that are released during the extraction process, according to a briefing from the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The government's carbon price package could help Australia achieve a greater than expected reduction in greenhouse gas emission by 2020 if successfully implemented, according to research from ClimateWorks Australia. ClimateWorks Australia's analysis ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... of Australia's response to climate change, said partner Michael Graves, who led the project. The Australian federal government has set a target of obtaining 20% of Australia's power from renewable sources by 2020. 'State and federal governments need ...