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AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... employees, our customers, our shareholders, and the community." AGL's disclosure of risks and opportunities related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions has seen the company included in the Carbon Disclosure Project 's 2010 Carbon Disclosure ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... biodiversity and species distribution, human health, energy consumption and waste generation," as well as the potential impact of climate change and carbon pricing as well as resource use, including waste, water and energy. Human capital management covers ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... opportunities within Australia are in addition to internationally-sourced abatement and provide solid evidence for the independent Climate Change Authority to recommend increasing Australia's 2020 pollution cap above 5%." The ClimateWorks report examines ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... encourage companies like ACCIONA to develop renewable energy capacity is an important part of Australia's response to climate change, said partner Michael Graves, who led the project. The Australian federal government has set a target of obtaining 20% ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... with business operations or products. The program is administered by Low Carbon Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. See Also: Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... elsewhere" and refers to best practice under the governance heading. Under the environment heading, the guide addresses climate change; environmental management system and compliance, efficiency (waste, water, energy) and other environmental issues such ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... associated with business operations or products. It is administered by Low Carbon Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... working Australians into the future. For too long investors have been left hanging in limbo over regulatory action on climate change," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "We know that climate change entails ramifications across the entire economy. What we now ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... governance manager RM: I am responsible for managing and developing policies in this space, voting policies, ESG policies, climate policies, voting our ASX300 stocks, managing relationships with our external providers, that is our research providers ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The retail industry could save up to AU$1bn annually by 2020 if they made a focused investment in energy efficient initiatives such as lighting and temperature control, according to a study by National Australia Bank and ClimateWorks Australia. Low ...