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Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... repeal. "There are some difficult issues that need to be resolved around the transitional period that are still up in the air," she said. "There will be issues of recovery or refund directly between entities with carbon liabilities and their customers ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute ...

ACCSR appoints Jonathan Dutton as non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) has appointed Jonathan Dutton as non-executive director. Dutton is the former head of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPSA), which he led as founding managing director ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and Eureka Funds Management. The $7 million retrofit includes upgrades to the building's heating and ventilation systems, air-conditioning and cooling systems as well as a $2.5 million lift upgrade. It will also reduce carbon emissions by an estimated ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... efficient window glazing, better shading, cool roof paint, installing new chilled water cooling systems and improvements to air handling in commercial buildings, according to BZE. BZE also proposes measures for buildings to go gas free in favour of electricity ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Michael Batchelor, AECOM chief executive, Australia New Zealand. Using smokeless cookstoves will dramatically reduce indoor air pollution, which Batchelor said kills 875,000 people in India annually. "AECOM sees 'social businesses' like those championed ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... forward by a year. But in other international, bilateral developments, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that falls short of linking the two markets together. ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

CEFC provides $75 million to Energy Developments Limited

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... EDL's syndicated loan facility, CEFC said. EDL has a strong track record of landfill gas, waste coal mine gas and mine vent air methane capture and power generation in Australia and around the world and it is also the largest independent provider of ...