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Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 disclosure of management approach working group, Simon Miller ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... head because 1 July has suddenly arrived." Despite the inconsistencies and lack of comparability over greenhouse gas emissions, there is still enough data and analysis present for institutional investors to make assumptions over their portfolios where ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange's main market will have to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions from 2013, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced. The British government will introduce legislation bringing in the new ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... KwH of energy, the equivalent of powering over 2000 Australian homes," Morris said. "It will also cut greenhouse gas emissions by five thousand tonnes, which is equal to planting more than 750,000 trees." This week, Greg Combet, Minister for Industry ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Hueston noted that countries are pursuing various metrics for reduction including absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - as Australia has done - while others have chosen reductions in carbon intensity or reductions in greenhouse gas intensity. ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... quarter, SAP employed 18.8% women in management, an increase of 0.9% over the March 2011 quarter. SAP's greenhouse gas emissions for the first quarter of 2012 were 145 kilotons, a 22% increase compared to the first quarter of 2011. SAP attributes this ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... according to DAFF. Biochar can be added to soil to sequester carbon and can potentially help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health. The projects could additionally help develop CFI methodologies, which farmers can implement to generate ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... and we will probably start with the working group process in April/May 2012. The four new topics are greenhouse gas emissions, occupational health and safety, corruption, and biodiversity. Other topics are under discussion and will be announced later ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues for us in 2012 include: maintaining our focus on personal and process safety; water and greenhouse gas emissions management; and successful community and landholder relationships," said David Knox, Santos CEO and managing director ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Republica was certified under the National Carbon Offset Scheme Carbon Neutral Program by measuring its greenhouse gas emissions, taken steps to reduce these, and committed to offset remaining emissions by cancelling carbon offsets. "We are committed ...