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Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and measures a building's performance during operation in terms of energy, water, waste and indoor environment. The Office of Environment and Heritage recently extended the NABERS rating scale from a maximum of ...

GPT moves into refurbished, greener headquarters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... use by 50%, expected reduction in enegy costs by 50%, and a lighting energy consumption drop of over 70%. More than 80% of waste generated during the demolition and construction was reused or recycled, the company said. "Australian workspaces have to ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... operations, including impacts to air, water, land, biodiversity and species distribution, human health, energy consumption and waste generation," as well as the potential impact of climate change and carbon pricing as well as resource use, including ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... leading in terms of environmental questions," Kok said. "It's on everyone's radar screen questions of how energy, water and waste can be improved. But social is newer. Social for new developments has been around for a longer in Europe, questions around ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the environment heading, the guide addresses climate change; environmental management system and compliance, efficiency (waste, water, energy) and other environmental issues such as toxics and biodiversity. Under the social heading, the guide addresses ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Robinson. Grant Anderson The carbon tax will cover the stationary energy, industrial processing, mining and solid landfill/waste water treatment sectors, and applies to facilities (or activities) in those sectors that individually produce more than 25,000 ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... additional environmental key performance indicators such as acid rain, smog precursors, volatile organic compounds, and waste and land use change. There are two further stages to the EP&L account that will be implemented going forward - the second stage ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... standards; retrofitting elevators and appliances, water heating, insulation and equipment. The second category covered energy waste reduction to change the usage of energy consuming equipment, while the third category covered the construction and refurbishment ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... or a high risk of negative earnings surprises. For example, if we could identify a company that has high pollution or bad waste management such as current operations that pollute the local river. At the moment, they're not being brought to account for ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... company improve?'" The Macquarie report cited GPT's reduction in water and greenhouse gas intensity (per m2) and increase in waste, recycling rate, with many sites now considered to be operating 'at or close to peak efficiency' as a positive, but also ...