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Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the GRI guidances. SustainabilityServices listed 20 companies that had the highest GRI compliance scores, including Sasol Energy and Natural Resource, Gold Fields Metals and Mining, Lonmin Metals and Mining, Anglo American plc Metals and Mining and Xstrata ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... you might call sustainable themes, even going to the growing economies of India and China, and what is driving primary energy demand, and alternative fuels and supply constraints of agricultural land. They are macro-economic demands. Managers are sophisticated ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... regime in Australia would cause an additional AU$2.5bn of additional costs to the electricity sector for both investors and energy users, according to a study commissioned by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and Catholic Super. The research ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... capital." The report notes that because the EU has stronger climate policy in relation to carbon pricing and renewable energy policy, there is greater integration of climate change across the portfolio from European investors. In the US the lack of coherent ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... costs of carbon, such as taxes, feed-in tariffs, and capital subsidies for constructing or installing sources of renewable energy. The Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies Research Report examined various regimes in China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... voluntary scheme. The program is administered by Low Carbon Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. "Low Carbon Australia will continue to partner with private business, the public sector and local communities to ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Putting a price on carbon emissions is the only way to drive investment in cleaner energy innovation, and failing to do so would condemn Australia to becoming "an old-world, high-polluting technological backwater," Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a speech ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... information in the next sustainability report. We got that in writing, and we trust they'll do it. Aquila Resources and Paladin Energy made similar commitments. With the case of Woodside Petroleum, we actually had to put up a slightly harsher resolution ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... report noted "Other reporters that ticked most of the boxes but still show some room for improvement include[ing]" AGL Energy Ltd, Billabong Intl Ltd, BHP Billiton Ltd, Boral Ltd, CFS Retail Property Trust, CSL Ltd, Dexus Property Group, Goodman Fielder ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... accredited under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) and are NCOS CN compliant. Projects currently include a renewable energy (biogas) project in Thailand and a fuel-wood saving project in Cambodia, according to a press release from Low Carbon Austra ...