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Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... MSCI's analysis, Alcoa and BHP Billiton would see EBITA reductions of -0.9%, Rio Tinto would see EBITA cut 0.8% and Norsk Hydro would see a benefit of 0.1%. But the research concludes that steelmakers would see negligible impacts on earnings due to "a ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP Billiton, Freeport-MCMoRan Copper and Gold, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining and Metals, Lonmin, Minerals and Metals Group, Mitsubishi Materials, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Sumitomo Metal ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability and regional Australia at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. "Electricity companies and hydro-electric companies are trialing AWAS," she said. These are sectors where water is key to the business and it's a small number ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Nearly 80% of the world's energy supply could be met by renewables by 2050, if supported by public policies, according to a report from over 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Additionally, increasing ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company owned by Industry Funds Management's Australian Infrastructure Fund, has received permission to create and trade carbon credits derived from a river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 was awarded the ESAA's Innovation ...