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CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... annual inspection of the company's influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities, processes and procedures at its Parkville, Victoria site in March 2011. The letter listed a number of significant items requiring attention. However, CSL Biotherapies submitted ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The use of renewable energy resources in electricity generation is expected to grow at 6% per year between now and 2035, according to Professor Quentin Grafton, executive director and chief economist of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Presima, a global boutique investment manager that invests in listed real estate securities, has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... national electricity market. Seven of those projects are wind-0based, including the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm in western Victoria the largest of those underway. If completed in its current form it will be the largest wind farm in Australia. See Also ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholder priorities. The company also invested AU$450,000 in community programs including a "Men's Shed" in Port Fairy, Victoria, its Chilean fund, Creciendo Juntos, and its Brazilian community fund. The company also liaises with stakeholders on the ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and then dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. Elders reported an effluent leak at its Charlton (Victoria) feedlot in January 2011, due to the damage from severe flooding. The operation received a pollution abatement notice from ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Limited opened its Thinking Kids Children's Centre, an early childhood education and care centre at CSL's Parkville site in Victoria, meeting an identified need among its 1800 local employees to support those returning to work after having a child," ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Juris Doctor (J.D) and an MBA from the University of Melbourne and is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The independent, Australian focused governance firm has a suite of services aimed at financial institutions - a proxy voting ...

Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Carbon Offset Guide website, which provides information on carbon offset providers in Australia. Low Carbon Australia, EPA Victoria, and the University of Queensland have developed the guide as a comprehensive, independent directory of carbon offset ...