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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... such as insulation and water heating return value over long periods and thus can be perceived as non-critical to the business. ClimateWorks also cites high transaction costs due to the fragmented nature of the sector; split incentives in which capital ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia, Canada and Scandinavia will be added. MSCI ESG Manager combines MSCI ESG's Impact Monitor with MSCI ESG's business involvement screening research. Business involvement screening research allows investors to identify all global publicly-traded ...

Deloitte, GRI to develop new program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... between the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Deloitte will see the GRI's G3 and G3.1 guidelines given a new Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy, meaning sustainability data can be communicated more easily to investors, auditors ...

Government allocates funds to GRI Focal Point Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... work of the Focal Point in encouraging Australian companies to demonstrate good corporate citizenship and responsible business practices," Bradbury said. "Corporate social responsibility can make a significant contribution to the long-term profitability ...

International Integrated Reporting Committee seeks pilot test participants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... the social, environmental and economic context within which it operates. By reinforcing these connections, IR can help business to take more sustainable decisions and enable investors and other stakeholders to understand how an organization is really ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. "Low Carbon Australia will continue to partner with private business, the public sector and local communities to help realise energy savings, and demonstrate energy efficiency opportunities for ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Putting a price on carbon emissions is the only way to drive investment in cleaner energy innovation, and failing to do so would condemn Australia to becoming "an old-world, high-polluting technological backwater," Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a speech ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... "Electricity companies and hydro-electric companies are trialing AWAS," she said. These are sectors where water is key to the business and it's a small number of entities we're talking about. For corporates, they might use the standard to get a good ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... certification scheme which allows Australian businesses to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations or products. This government initiative is delivered by Low Carbon Australia which acts as an independent ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... imposition of a carbon price will significantly impact the Australian economy and potentially poses long-term risks for business," said Russell Thomas, Finsia's CEO. "As a result and regardless of the political and social debate, it is Finsia's view ...