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Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... that is tailored to the minerals industry. Developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland, the MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to aid the industry in reporting use of water resources in a consistent ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Commercial Architecture', a student scholarship program that promotes sustainable commercial high-rise design at the University of New South Wales. 1 Bligh Street has a 6 Star Green Star Office Design v2 Certified rating and is designed to achieve a ...

Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund funds Brisbane Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... matched international investment in an Australian innovation that draws on world leading technology developed at the University of Queensland," said Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson in a media statement. "These funds will provide the ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... advisory services firm AccountAbility. Carol Adams Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) and professor at La Trobe University, has previously served at non-executive director, council member and member of the writing team for the original AA1000 ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... moment of transformational change across all three ESG areas. The Towers Watson paper integrates research from Oxford University that suggests the world is at a moment of transformation change based on substantial changes such as aging demography, degradation ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... being built under the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme." Van der Lugt is a senior associate of Stellenbosch University Business School (Cape Town) and Utopies Consulting (Paris). He has worked with the United Nations and business in corporate ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... low-Âcarbon economy." Hill is an adjunct professor in sustainability at the US Studies Centre and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. He is a former chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust and served as federal minister for the environment from ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists participating in a discussion accompanying the launch of La Trobe University 's 2011 sustainability report. "Sustainability reporting for us is an important piece of information for us to asses where ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
La Trobe University has disclosed achievements and omissions against environmental and social performance indicators in its 2011 sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... OECD statistics that show that Australia's researchers work in higher education, rather than in business, and that university-industry collaboration is important, as is access to venture capital. The KPMG report notes that since 2007-2008, investment ...