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RepuTex: DAP could achieve more reductions than CPM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... growth from the sectors that would really grow in emissions through to 2020 - primarily the natural gas sector and the coal mining sector." The government would also have to establish a secondary market for companies to trade offsets with each other ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Canada has gone one step closer to establishing a payment disclosure standard for its listed mining companies, with civil society groups in Australia increasing the focus on seeing a similar regime introduced here. Last week, a multi-stakeholder Resource ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies Paladin Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the ...

Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... smaller companies, which is probably not particularly surprising," Lawrence said. "Smaller companies, particularly smaller mining companies tend to pay less. Either they're more focused on cash, or maybe because what they pay for is data, and they've ...

More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... 2011, the last time the survey was conducted. The report found that there has been significant increases in the number of mining sector companies that provide corporate responsibility reporting - 83% this year, compared with 67% in 2011. There has also ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... evolves. One of the group companies within Hitachi is Hitachi Construction Machinery, and they were concerned about the whole mining industry and going into indigenous communities and having a negative impact and that kind of thing. Our directive and ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... risk. A new report by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and the Global Compact Network Australia examines how four mining companies - BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newmont Mining Corporation and MMG - have implemented policies based on the UN Guiding ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The 21 companies of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have agreed to prepare their sustainability report to the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 guidelines. The requirement to report to the core option of the G4 guidelines ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) from 1997-2001. He is a fellow of AICD, the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Energy Institute (UK), a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME (USA) and a member of The ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the former general secretary of the ICEM (2007-2012), the global union representing workers in the chemicals, energy and mining sectors. He served as a member of the board of the Global Compact from 2007-2012, and is currently a member of a number of ...