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World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... finance tracking and reporting." "The European Investment Bank is committed to supporting investment that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enables adaptation to the consequences of climate change," said Jonathan Taylor, European Investment Bank vice ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable operations has generated measurable improvements in energy efficiency, cost savings, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions," said Nicholas E. Stolatis, sr. director of global sustainability and enterprise initiatives of global real estate ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... current CDSB reporting framework focuses on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions. The new draft framework also covers fossil fuels, water stewardship and forest commodities, CDSB said. It ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Hall at 169 Phillip Street and is expected to reduce base building energy consumption by about 30%, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 340 tonnes a year, according to KMH Environmental which the CEFC said scoped the retrofit and undertook ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Natural Carbon, Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council and Olkola Aboriginal Corporation will undertake savannah burning on 13,000 square kilometres in Cape York, a Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI)-compliant project. The implementation of the savannah burning ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... study from The Gold Standard. Neil Salisbury, director, Net Balance Written by Net Balance, the study assesses greenhouse gas mitigation projects in developing countries to value the outcomes that come in addition to carbon mitigation achieved. The study ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... important," Day said. "Standards around water verification are much less mature than the equivalent standards for greenhouse gas data and information - probably five to ten years behind the equivalent standards in greenhouse gas. We're doing all we can ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in beef cattle through feeding nitrate containing supplements; quantif[ies] carbon sequestration by permanent native ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... analysed the companies across 16 indicators in four key areas: governance and risk management, water quality and use, greenhouse gas emissions and community relations. Information on company disclosure practices were collected from publicly available ...

IGCC joins world peers in voicing fugitive methane concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... citing United Nations Environment Program statistics that fugitive emissions represent nearly two gigatons CO2 of greenhouse gas emissions per year. The groups specifically note methane as a worry, given "its short-term potency as a greenhouse gas," ...