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CDP: progress stalling on supply chain emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... for suppliers, the figure is 7%, up from 5% in 2012. Suppliers did realise savings of US$11.5 billion from emissions reduction investments this year, but this is down from US$13.7 billion in 2012, the report found. Policy uncertainty has a direct bearing ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... (DAP). The government has published draft legislation to repeal the CPM and released terms of reference for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), which is the main funding vehicle for the DAP. The government has said it will retain the CFI as part of the ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... achieve emissions reductions on an absolute basis, and twice as likely to achieve far more likely to achieve emissions reduction on an intensity basis. "In 2013, companies that set targets achieved year-on-year absolute reductions in CO2e from emissions ...

CDP to broaden, enhance cities program with Bloomberg grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded CDP a three-year, US$4.1 million grant to expand and enhance the CDP's reporting platform and technical support for city governments. The grant is a broadening of CDP's relationship with its "long-standing partner" ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Only four ASX200 companies have set long-term carbon reduction targets, while most ASX200 companies focus on setting short-term targets for carbon emission reduction, according to the CDP Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2013. "There's ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reducing carbon emissions by 5% by 2020 will build on the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and will establish an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) to provide incentives for abatement activities. The CFI is integrated into the DAP, and Net Balance believes ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... doing on emissions reductions with what we are doing in the short term. Having a strong independent voice on emissions reduction ambition can assist the market to invest and can even get private investment and government policy working in an aligned ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... DAP. The government has published draft legislation to repeal the CPM and released terms of reference for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), which is the main funding vehicle for the DAP. EY notes in a briefing that there is "considerable scope for ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reductions. In its draft report into caps and targets, the CCA did not make a final recommendation on a 2020 emissions reduction target, but said that the current minimum unconditional target of a 5% reduction from 2000 levels is inadequate. The draft ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the 50 largest emitters have increased since 2009, even as overall emissions of the top 500 companies have fallen, according to the CDP Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013. The report is co-written by CDP ...