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Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia, Brazil and Chile. The company sells and trades electricity, electricity derivative products and energy-related environmental products, such as Renewable Energy Certificates and EU Certified Emission Reduction Credits. In the 2011 financial ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... report and manage sustainability exposures for long-term value creation, they need develop strategies to improve environmental, social and governance performance. So says the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, which has published a list of ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Companies that sell tradeable carbon credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license as part of draft legislation from the federal government. The federal government ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative has released its prototype Climate Bond Standard, a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... are helping us to embed a culture of responsible lending across our business and ensure that economic, social and environmental risks and opportunities (including our human rights standards) are balanced in all our actions and decisions," the bank said ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... investment, Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors, notes that green bonds are attractive not only because of their environmental credentials but also because they take the credit characteristics of their issuers. "The reason that green bonds are ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... bank also identified three future areas of materiality - demographic and cultural change, systemic disruptions from environmental change, and changes to the paths of wealth creation because of changes to long established assumptions. "In addition to ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... split their related material issues into six categories - business conduct, Mirvac people, external stakeholders, environmental impact, product responsibility and supply chain. Out of the 22 issues that were identified by stakeholders, reputation and ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 2011, due to the damage from severe flooding. The operation received a pollution abatement notice from the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority, which was subsequently closed after the feedlot fulfilled the terms of the notice within the time ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors will demand explanation for discrepancies between companies' nominated environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and any divergences in practice in the way that they currently question discrepancies in financial matters ...