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Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... or four market development projects for green materials and recycled materials. This s part of a resource efficiency and waste to resource agenda which brings together what we were doing in our environment area, with what we are now doing as a joint ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Australian coal exports are 11% of the global coal market, but represent 25% of a precautionary global carbon budget for coal, exposing investors in coal resourcesto potentially rapid devaluation and stranded assets, according to a report by The Climate ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... sectors that we think will represent the bulk of our activities - renewable energy, green buildings and to a lesser extent waste management as well," she said. "A lot of that funding will go to supporting direct activities of clients in the sectors ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Zoos Victoria reduced carbon emissions through a range of energy efficiency and waste reduction measures, and by purchasing and cancelling carbon offsets to bring total emissions to zero. Among those measures include ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... neutral under National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) by Low Carbon Australia. "As part of our work we're delivering new waste management solutions, upgrading several of our council buildings by installing efficient heating, cooling and water systems ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... their operations and position themselves for the long term," Newby said. "Our aim is to increase value to the client, reduce waste and maximise efficiency throughout all phases of a project. Low Carbon Australia's tailored finance assists our clients ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... approach, but has also said that he would leave the CFI in place. ""The main areas that we're focusing on are landfill gas and waste diversion," de Wit said. "We're doing some work with a forestry client and we're just about to start working with a client ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... labeled themes including alternative energy, energy efficiency, water infrastructure and technologies, pollution control, waste management, environmental support services, sustainable resource management and green bonds/impact investing. "Unlisted alternatives ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... hybrid vehicles" means, but it is paying dividends in lower costs and emissions. There have been some strong performances in waste, including re-usable crates and initiatives to get baseline data on packaging, particularly for Woollies' own brand products. ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... more CSG wells in Australia and there are concerns about CSG impacts on aquifers. Both CSG and shale large amounts of toxic waste water, and there are questions of cost of using and recovering water, and competition for water as a scare resource between ...