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CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... rates (LTIFR) by 30% and lowered energy consumption, greenhouse gas and waste intensity per unit of vaccine and plasma production, against a backdrop of net profit after tax of AU$941m. In their 2010-2011 corporate responsibility report, CSL also reported ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... future generations," Duijzer said. "Together with our customers we work in the direction of doubling food-and-agri-production while protecting and improving the Earth's supporting natural systems and local habitats of people." The Natural Capital Declaration ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... with average growth of 5.2% a year expected over the projection period. During the same time period, Australian energy production (excluding uranium) is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 3% to 2035, and production of energy is projected ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Differences in carbon pricing policies in various countries and regions will cause variations in production costs for the mining industry, raising the possibility that production in one area will become less competitive than in others, the International ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
AWE Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production company, reported a 3% decline in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to approximately 203,000 CO2-e, with production of 6.12m barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), basically the same as the 6.09m BOE production ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... climate related disasters; and volume of inputs from sources complying with internationally recognized responsible production standards. "Ecosystems are not just about exotic plants and rare animals, they also provide services, like freshwater, pest ...

Regulatory barriers slowing cogeneration technology usage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... produces 60% less carbon emissions and can be fuelled by natural gas and renewable fuels. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from the same fuel source, and trigeneration is the simultaneous production of heat, cooling ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... companies to the risk that children might be used to help out, which is a breach of workers' rights and "an inefficient production model." "A better model would be one where workers are specialised in different components of a garment and work in factories ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... expected to begin in 2012 on the AU$750m project, which will be built on 18,000Ha and will have 111 turbines with a power production capacity of 206MW, generating on average 792,000 MWh per year, enough to provide electricity to power a small city of ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... investing with ESG factors in mind is the fact that universal owners are exposed to "portfolio externalities" -"spillover production or consumption effects that cause other unrelated parties to incur costs for which no appropriate compensation is paid," ...