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Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... the Australian consultation paper on the protocols. "The Protocol has significance relevance to areas such as resources, mining and minerals processing, property and construction, and even the likes of industrial manufacturing, retail and consumer products ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... a brief that Barker and Minter Ellison Partner Maged Girgis wrote on the subject. Companies - specifically those in the mining industry -are taking steps to that end, Barker said. "They're doing scenario testing and stress testing around a range of potential ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... the ASX200 do not have any female directors at all. Those companies include TPG Telecom, Investa Office Fund, Evolution Mining, Qube Holdings, Northern Star Resources, Aveo Group, Independence Group, Regis Resources, Mineral Resources, Mayne Pharma ...

Sandfire Resources completes DeGrussa Solar Power Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... location at the DeGrussa Copper-Gold Mine." The project has "attracted a significant amount of interest from within the mining industry in Australia," and Sandfire has received inquiries from peers about adopting the technology, Simich added. The project ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency in reporting in the oil, gas and mining sectors. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia Josh Frydenberg announced ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... the challenges in the Australia context is that the market is concentrated towards diversified financials and also the mining space. Bearing in mind also that a dozen stocks make up, in terms of market cap, a significant proportion of the market, I think ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... divestment in high carbon shares and investment in low carbon investments. "As a result of introducing a new exclusion on coal mining, coal-fired electricity generation and oil tar sands in November 2014, we divested $25 million of high carbon shares," ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Matters: Do companies and investors agree on what is material?, which examined 129 sustainability reports from three sectors - mining, metals and electric utilities. The analysis found that in all three sectors, there is "general alignment" between the ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... 2014. Laing O'Rourke will develop this technology further. The moveable solar-diesel power plant can be used for domestic mining sites and remote communities, and Laing O'Rourke has also received inquires from emerging economies overseas, said Dr Will ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... driven by the fact that environmental issues are well understood in Australia with its scarce water resources, a developed mining industry, and a new interest in the subject with the current elected government. These factors will increase the interest ...