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UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... failings that have generated disastrous sustainability accounting and management certification systems. For example, 40% of palm oil is sourced from Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified producers and yet this certification does not pick ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to the Transparency and Accounting Directive will make it a requirement for European-Union listed and large privately owned oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish country by country and project by project payments over â,¬100,000 to governments ...

PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) - including Australian superannuation funds - have called on palm oil companies to comply with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria. The signatories - members ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... data shows that the financial risks involved in fossil-fuel divestment are minimal, and can be largely offset by substituting oil, gas and coal stocks with portfolios of more environmentally attractive alternatives," Impax said. "That these more environmentally ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... The algae in the Algae.Tec facility will feed on "waste" carbon dioxide emitted by the power station and the resulting algal oil is converted to biodiesel and hydrogenated to grade A jet fuel. "Our agreement with Algae.Tec is another example of MacGen ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Citi analysts say coal miners, aluminium/alumina producers, and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... to the Transparency and Accounting Directive will make it a requirement for European-Union listed and large privately owned oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish country by country and project by project payments over â,¬100,000 to governments ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the ASX200 market capitalisation relates to fossil fuels overall - with 7.7% of the ASX200 market capitalisation relating to oil and gas, 1.5% related to thermal coal production- which Citi sees as potentially at greatest risk - 2.0% to coking coal and ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... (BNEF) in finding that new wind power projects In Australia are as much as 18% cheaper than new gas and 14% cheaper than new oil plants. Now in its 10 th edition, the RECAI ranked countries on a revised methodology that reflects in investment drivers ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... countries implement the EITI standard, which requires full disclosure of taxes, royalties and other fees from the country's oil, gas and mining sectors. Panellists agreed to the broad points that transparency is a tool for better governance and not an ...