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Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... risk that can cause financial and reputational losses for the company and investors. "Brand damage, strikes and other industrial action, and fines and lawsuits are among the potential consequences that can arise from conflicts between a company and its ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... with manufacturing and industry to provide finance for energy efficiency upgrades of items such as air compressors, industrial refrigeration, motors, pumps, power factor correction devices, furnaces, cogeneration and trigeneration."

Australian Ethical funds post mixed month for February

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Five of Australian Ethical's managed funds had positive returns for the month of February, but some underperformed their benchmarks and others barely eked out positive returns. Australian Ethical's Smaller Companies Trust had the highest returns for ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... projects between AU$3,000 and AU$100,000. "This partnership with FlexiGroup offers lease finance to commercial and industrial businesses wanting to make the move now to join the low carbon economy," said Low Carbon Australia CEO Meg McDonald. The program ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... US Seniors Housing portfolio." GPT is a diversified property group, which owns real estate in the retail, office and industrial/business park sectors, and has a funds management arm as well. GPT noted that during the 2011 financial year, they reduced ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... mining, paper and forest products, chemicals, building products, commercial services and suppliers, gas utilities, industrial conglomerates, automobiles, air freight and logistics, and road and rail. The second segment are 159 companies with the potential ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... "design, implementation and community engagement processes", according to a study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship project studied community acceptance levels of wind farm ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the Northern Territory, Energex Distribution Centre, TradeCoast Central, in Queensland, the first 4 Star Green Star - Industrial Design v1 building, Upper West Side Stage 1 in Melbourne, the first 4 Star Green Star - Multi Unit Residential Design v1 ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... industry participants are calling for more methodologies to facilitate the scheme's uptake. Landholders across Australian industrial sectors potentially stand to offset their liabilities or generate extra revenue by participating in the CFI, which was ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... an Australasian company at the 2010 Australasian Investor Relations Association. That is why the past few months of industrial tension and the dramatic decision to ground the entire airline and strand tens of thousands of passengers has come as a shock ...