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Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
There is strong overseas interest the structure of environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) and the opportunities they present for commercial building owners and suppliers of waste, water and energy efficiency solutions, said Scott Bocskay, chief executive ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Supplement is aimed at companies and organizations involved in the exploration, extraction, production, refining, and transport and sale of oil, gas and petrochemicals. It is intended to provide guidance on disclosure of environmental and social effects ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of ASX200 companies have "serious work" to do to meet gender diversity standards embodied in ASX Principle 3, according to a survey carried out by Women on Boards (WOB). WOB surveyed 82 ASX200 companies' public disclosures for its WOB Traffic ...

City of Melbourne to hold EUA sessions for building sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are offering three free information sessions to educate consultants and contractors to the commercial building sector on environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). The information sessions in February ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Other sustainability indicators, some of them are clearly sourced from financial data, such as water and waste charges, transport costs, and others are sourced from data that might be there in existing financial system or could be incorporated into those ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the plan, the agricultural sector is excluded from the scheme, as is petrol for households, while domestic commercial transport industries are subject to the tax. Treasury estimates industries that are 90% of employment account for less than 10% of carbon ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian participants are partners to the campaign - Manidis Roberts, a consulting firm serving the energy, property, transport, water and industrial sectors, and the Net Balance Foundation, established by sustainability consultancy Net Balance.Other ...