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AusLSA to provide access to environmental measurement tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sector, has partnered with Greenstone Carbon Management on the reporting solution, which will allow members to input business consumption data including electricity, paper, waste and business travel, and calculate the environmental footprint. "The online ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
A debate has emerged over whether the federal government should wind back the Small Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) multiplier more quickly than the default timetable, with supporters saying that a potential oversupply in the number of SRES for ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... is reason for investors to engage with invested companies on these issues. AXA IM cites statistics from Schlumberger Business Consulting, stating that it takes "10 to 15 years to train petro technical professionals that are so that they are fully autonomous ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... in the Australian context, with a growing economy, it represents a reduction of some 25-30% against us doing nothing, business as usual. "Australia's target represents a target which is broadly compliable with the likes of the US, Japan, Europe, China ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
SAP, the business management software provider, has integrated sustainability metrics into its corporate strategy for both internal cost reductions and as a source of corporate innovation, using a stakeholder body of executives and customers to gather ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. See Also: Community finance draws eye of institutional investors ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
A carbon-constrained economy presents long-term disruptive change to the business environment that requires innovation to respond with long-term strategies seeking opportunities with new business models, according to Sanjay Sharma, dean of the University ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... example," she said. "They understand the equipment purchases and the lifetime of the equipment, the way in which we do the business case analysis, payback periods, how to verify that the energy equipment is meeting the efficiency targets, etc." McDonald ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... financial services. Rio+20 offers an important opportunity to advance the concerted action needed by financial institutions, business and governments to support the transition to a sustainable resilient economy." UKSIF made the endorsement at a conference ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Brisbane-based law firm Cooper Grace Ward, integrating and demonstrating sustainability throughout aspects of the firm's business strategy motivates existing workforce as well as attracting candidates, said Lisa Stockwell, manager - people and culture ...