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Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... miners(Aquila, Bathurst Res, Coalspur, Whitehaven); companies involved in coal fired power generation (AGL, Origin); and a raft of mining services, engineering, explosives and transport companies (eg Asciano, Ausdrill, Boart Longyear, Bradken, Downer ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... to more effectively quantify how these systems work, and to translate the services they provide into monetary values." Mining companies have improved reporting the impacts of their activities on ecosystems, recognising the risks of natural habitat destruction ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Emerging listed companies in the Australian mining industry are working to catch up with investor expectations on corporate governance and disclosure standards, according to BlackRock's Asia Pacific head of corporate governance and responsible investment. ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has launched a $70m Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package, aimed at developing technologies and processes to aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... society organisations in the Solomon Islands are "already engaged and campaigning to ensure that the revenues from gold mining and future mining operations contribute to development. The World Bank provides technical assistance to EITI implementation." ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the application level working group. Matthew Nelson of Ernst & Young, Michael Cass of Shell and Peter Colley of the CMFEU Mining and Energy are participating in the greenhouse gas emissions working group, Paul Davies of Banarra is participating on the ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... at the Australian National University and co-editor of the book. "If there are elements of water risk at, for example, a mining company or a pulp and paper manufacturer, a chemical manufacturer, or a water authority, general purpose water accounting ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... impact water quality and water is a material issue to many companies in the sector. Access to water is critical to many mining companies in particular... Many mining companies also recognise that having a strong reputation as a water manager has importance ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... companies, particularly smaller listed companies, with questions on how to address these issues. "I've had calls from two mining companies, telling me that they need to make changes, basically," Braund said. "The big issue for them is how they report. ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... failed interaction with company Washington H. Soul Pattinson (SOL), a management company with interests in shares, coal mining, distribution and retail of pharmaceutical products and manufacture of building products. An investor in SOL for almost 20 ...