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Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... legislation will require companies to disclose taxes other than consumption taxes and personal income taxes, royalties, fees, production entitlements, bonuses, dividends other than dividends paid to ordinary shareholders and infrastructure improvement ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds from issuers whose primary business activity is at odds with the fund's defined ESG principles, including the production of armaments, uranium and tobacco said Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer of Altius. "We were aware that a lot of investors ...

IIRC launches IR Technology Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Technology Initiative as a "great enabler" to using innovation of technology to facilitate integrated thinking in the production and use of IR information, said Dave van den Ende, director, XBRL leader EMEA, Deloitte. "Meaningful information, which reflects ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... to, buy equity or debt in, any large-scale greenhouse polluting activities from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use," said Steve James, CEO Teachers Mutual Bank, at a recent conference in Melbourne. The policy on lending to GHG emission-intensive ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... said. This will result in divestment of approximately AU$25 million in companies involved in the manufacture and/or production of coal, based on 33% material threshold, LGS said at the time. Regulations and legislation are changing the way companies ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "This will result in divestment of approximately AU$25 million in companies involved in the manufacture and/or production of coal, based on 33% material threshold," said Peter Lambert, LGS chief executive officer. "We will only divest from two ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... advances such as biofuels for aviation use, and "better understanding of opportunities in carbon forestry and industrial production," Denis said in a statement. The report is part of the UN Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project, which involves modelling ...

ARENA funds expansion of Doomadgee Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Carpentaria will drastically reduce the Doomadgee community's reliance on expensive diesel fuel and secure its future power production with renewable, reliable solar," Frischknecht said. "Ergon Energy will achieve up to 100% solar penetration, displacing ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... businesses to stimulate improved transparency and risk management practices, and in turn promote resilience in food production in an increasingly water scarce world." See Also: ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks Using water accounting ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... industrial projects to sell credits in an ERF or seek deals in the voluntary market," he said. "Either way the costs of production must be met just like any other agribusiness. The development of a vibrant, strong voluntary carbon market will provide ...