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Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon footprint by just under 75% through cogeneration. It has then purchased offsets approved under the Australian government's National Carbon Offset Standard to achieve carbon neutrality," she said. Western Water provides water, recycled water and ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... legislation known as Dodd-Frank, but the US is not the only country to tighten its laws. In November, the Australian government released a consultation paper discussing possible amendments to the criminal code which would put Australia's regime in closer ...

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has extended the tender process for grants to its Solar Flagship Program, designed to fund the construction of a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson announced ...

Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... industry-level approaches in stakeholder engagement in driving innovation, chaired by Allan Hansard, advisor to the Australian government in the Tasmanian Forest Intergovernmental Agreement process, former CEO of the National Association of Forest Industries ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... undertook a review of asset classes to determine their climate change risks, including the introduction of the Australian government's carbon price in mid-2012. "To better understand this carbon risk we commissioned the global carbon consultancy Trucost ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... with international operations will need to review their anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies if the Australian government removes the "facilitation payments" defence from laws. David Luijerink, KPMG forensic partner In November, the government released ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... impacted by Indonesia government in quarter 1, but most significantly around May and June when we saw the Australian government impose the live export ban, which took us the best part of three months to reopen the market, and that had a significant impact ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... project reduces emissions by over 105,000t CO2-e annually, COzero notes. Ideally, Armstrong believes, the Australian government should directly certify methodologies already recognized by the UN CDM process, to avoid the time it would take to re-work ...

Sunshine Coast TAFE certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Program is a voluntary scheme which certifies products or business operations as carbon neutral under the Australian Government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment Low Carbon ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... transform into an increasingly efficient and sustainable industry in a low carbon economy," according to the Australian government. The government's Coal Sector Jobs Package provides AU$1.3bn in assistance to support jobs in gassy mines, while Coal Mining ...