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Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... project was the Riverside Quay Buildings energy efficiency upgrade in which three commercial buildings at Southbank, Melbourne were assessed and a range of energy initiatives were identified. The retrofit received funding from the federal government's ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... example of commoditizing carbon through generating offsets, a recently announced royalty framework agreement between Melbourne-based Cool nrg International and Mexico's Fideicomiso para el Ahorro de Energia Electrica (FIDE) points in another direction. ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... markets. Chung previously worked as an analyst at ISS / RiskMetrics covering both Australian and Korean markets from the Melbourne office until his resignation in July 2011. Chung holds a Bachelors degree in commerce from the Unversity of Toronto, a ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Tool in September 2010. The audit was conducted across Business Units in Sydney, regional New South Wales, Canberra and Melbourne. Aligned with our OHS Strategy, our individual business units have implemented BU OHS Plans, which will be reviewed annually." ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreement for Melbourne property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has signed its first-ever Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) to fund a AU$400,000 retrofit of a building that will result in a reduction of approximately 170 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The EUA was signed between the ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... particular can be integrated into risk/reward decision-making, according to panellists speaking at an MSCI conference in Melbourne. "The environment part is easier because the metrics are available," said Peter Lunt, executive manager - investment at ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. See Also: Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... drilling down into external contractors, for example. Kok recently came to Australia and gave presentations in Sydney and Melbourne at the invitation of the Australian Property Institute. His presentations focused on global trends in improving environmental ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... legislation, companies could reap further financial benefit, noted Drew Fryer, Senior Analyst at MSCI ESG Research in Melbourne. "If they can reduce their emissions by greater than 1.3%, they might get further ahead," Fryer said. "You can see already ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has certified Melbourne-based printing company Mystique as carbon neutral. Mystique achieved the carbon neutral rating by reducing its production greenhouse gas emissions and choosing to offest all remaining emissions association ...