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CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... There was a dramatic rise in the number of companies reporting reduced greenhouse gas emissions as a result of emissions reduction activities - more than double, at 45% this year, up from 19% in 2010. The report attributes these changes is board-level ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions. "These domestic abatement opportunities take Australia 83% of the way to achieving its 5% emissions reduction target by 2020," Skarbek said. "The abatement opportunities within Australia are in addition to internationally-sourced abatement ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... market a transparent carbon pricing framework for the long term." IGCC also highlighted the setting of a 2050 emissions reduction target and maintaining five years' notice on scheme caps as well as the establishment of an independent Climate Change Authority ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... responded with curiosity to see how Mercer's modeling of costs relative to climate change and carbon dioxide emissions reduction policies globally can impact on their asset allocation and their returns. "Some clients are coming to us to go through the ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... (IGCC) and Catholic Super. The research by economic modelling firm SKM/MMA compared the costs of meeting a -5% emissions reduction target with a carbon price starting in 2012 versus starting the carbon price in 2016. A four-year delay would delay the ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ has released an interim corporate responsibility report for the financial year, highlighting progress in training staff for screening clients based on sensitive sector policies and reviewing investment portfolios against UNPRI guidelines, but also ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... said. The Business Council of Australia reiterated that a carbon pricing policy should "enable least-cost emissions reduction," according to a statement by Acting Chief Executive Maria Tarrant "Policies should also enable a smooth transition for the ...