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Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... company Mystique as carbon neutral. Mystique achieved the carbon neutral rating by reducing its production greenhouse gas emissions and choosing to offest all remaining emissions association with its business operations. It is the first printing company ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... applies to facilities (or activities) in those sectors that individually produce more than 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Under the framework outlined next week, liability for carbon emissions will now be allocated between the joint venturers ...

CBRE certified carbon neutral in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... in place give us a great opportunity to communicate with our people about the impact they can have on greenhouse gas emissions," said Rebecca Pearce, CBRE's head of sustainability for the Pacific region, in a statement. "Ultimately we want low carbon ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... disclosures. The first stage of PUMA's EP&L statement, issued earlier this year, addressed the company's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and water consumption, both within the company's operations, and critically, down the supply chain. The company concluded ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... between the Myer Foundation and Monash University with a mission to substantially reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years.

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... companies, many lag behind "reasonable expectations" for providing data regarding carbon footprints and/or greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, SustainabilityServices said the quality of information on water usage was "shockingly low" for a country deemed ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... released a paper calling for clear policies for a "predictable, measured transition to a long term price on greenhouse gas emissions" while recognising the mining industry's role in developing climate change reduction strategies and ensure efficient ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... reflected in financial statements. He compared the use of a physical measure for water to the way that greenhouse gas emissions are measured. "I draw a parallel between what we're seeing here and what we see with the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions," ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... is a voluntary certification scheme which allows Australian businesses to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations or products. This government initiative is delivered by Low Carbon Australia which acts ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Although the bank is certified "carbon neutral" by Low Carbon Australia, the bank reported an 8% rise in greenhouse gas emissions, against a target of lowering GHG emissions by 6% this year. "In Australia our target for absolute emissions reductions ...