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Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the materials used in PV. Deng is the Australian Photovoltaics Institute's representative on Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's (DCCEEW) E-Stewardship working group, and represented Australia at the International ...

EY launches Net Zero Centre

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... 2050. The Net Zero Centre is led by EY PJP partner Blair Comley, formerly the head of the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency with the support of EY CSO Mathew Nelson. "The starting point is that the level of disruption that is ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... communication around sustainability issues. "I did a whole lot of research with C-level executives on the Department of Climate Change a few years back, and the feedback was the same," he said. "Why do I do five different reports to five different bodies ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... see credits coming forward." The CFI, which was launched last December and is administered by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, implements national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is considering a series of new activities to include on its "positive list", meaning that activities including farm forestry, intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and demonstration of emissions reductions technologies, according to Norton Rose. Meanwhile, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) recently approved a fourth offset methodology - savanna fire management, which "involves the use ...

Chloe Munro named head of Clean Energy Regulator

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... chair and between two and four expert members that have yet to be named. Between now and April, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will consult with stakeholders on compliance issues and resources for the start-up of the carbon pricing ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... liable institutions will have to pay the surrender charge, and the task at the moment is for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency to set the process by which the surrender charge will be calculated. "A December 2015 future is trading ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to building control strategies. The project was given funding assistance from the New South Wales Department of Climate Change and Water Climate Action Fund, and is estimated to save 920GJ of energy per annum. A third project was the Riverside Quay Buildings ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... year 2010-11 for a corporation are required to register with the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and report on those emissions annually. Each year, corporations are required to supply information ...