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Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... was partly 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 ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... function of the US$100bn Green Climate Fund. The fact that no international agreement was achieved leaves the future Australian ETS in limbo, because while the government had previously agreed to a 5% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, the door was left open ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and industry participants are calling for more methodologies to facilitate the scheme's uptake. Landholders across Australian industrial sectors potentially stand to offset their liabilities or generate extra revenue by participating in the CFI, which ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 2011, and "[c]orrective actions were agreed to and are being implemented in close consultation with the FDA and the Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration," CSL reported. In July 2011, the company adopted a new anti-bribery and anti-corruption ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... director and chief economist of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). According to BREE's latest research, Australian Energy Projections to 2034-35, the country's primary energy consumption is projected to grow by 1% a year until 2035 ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... consultancies, including Local Government Super (LGS), AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. See Also: Australian property funds top GRESB list

Sunshine Coast TAFE certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... increasing its overall floor area, Low Carbon Australia said. "Students, staff and the community should be proud of this Australian milestone," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "The initiative taken by Sunshine Coast TAFE to improve its ...

Wesfarmers recognised at Australian Sustainability Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has been named the Australian Sustainability Award 2011 Company of the Year. Wesfarmers was given the award because of its responsiveness to "engagement on issues of concern to the ethical investment sector," according to Ethical Investor ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... recently extended the NABERS rating scale from a maximum of five stars to six stars to reflect the increased efficiency of Australian commercial properties. EUAs will provide a lending pool of AU$200m over the next two years, McDonald said. Bocskay said ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) reporting ASX200 companies significantly lag their global peers in the development ...