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Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... countries governance structures through the full publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. The Solomon Islands has mineral and energy resources, with potential mineral deposits of copper, gold ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IGCC) and two other global investor groups are calling on companies to minimise methane emissions from gas and oil production through hydraulic fracturing. IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Oil and gas companies are exposed to skills shortages in their workforce, and that exposure and companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... report. The company said less than 18% of its emissions come from upstream - associated with the extraction and processing of oil and gas, with 82.3% of emissions coming from customer use. Santos's emissions profile was given independent limited assurance ...

GRI launches format to tag sustainability data in reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... program, where reporters that use the new GRI taxonomy can promote tagged reports on GRI's website. See Also: GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... made up of human rights, aid, faith-based and environmental organisations, is pressing for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. Launched in June ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a new guidance for the oil and gas sector, providing a framework for disclosure of sustainability performance on metrics including environmental management, health and safety and emergency preparedness. ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... year - independent power producers and energy traders, construction materials, electric utilities, marine, multi-utilities, oil, gas and consumable fuels, airlines, metals and mining, paper and forest products, chemicals, building products, commercial ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... may have been made by a subsidiary company "in connection with work to expand offshore loading facilities for Iraq's crude oil exports." But Duncan Paterson, CEO of independent research firm CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility, said that ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... letter reads. "In both the FTSE 100 and CAC 40, two of the largest stock market indices in the European Union, specialised oil and gas companies alone make up approximately 20% of market capitalisation. Levels of exposure increase significantly if you ...