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ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... decided putting an item on Westpac's AGM was not necessary, Le Couteur said. "CBA has undertaken to disclose the carbon emissions initially from their lending to the energy sector and then all their lending," ACCR said in a summation of the 2014 commitments. ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Future legislation which brought in the carbon price at AU$23/tonne. Combet said that regulation of carbon emissions is more expensive than cap and trade in carbon emissions. "An alternative policy position is essentially to regulate, to ...

CEFC looks to increase investment in bioenergy projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... sector," Dow said. "CEFC finance is helping accelerate bioenergy projects that reduce energy costs, waste and carbon emissions across sectors including manufacturing, agriculture, horticulture, utilities and local government." The CEFC is capable of ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... that's not our mandate. Our mandate is to invest and work with companies which are essential to reduction of carbon emissions. We could work with suppliers to power companies. We could work with transport companies - there could be a whole host of things ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... roles, lending to cleantech and environmental services of AU$8 billion and new commitments around disclosure of carbon emissions as part of its 2014 sustainability report. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The group reported a 12% increase in net profit to AU$7.561 ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... move towards scoring companies on their management and disclosure of water-related risks, as CDP does with its carbon emissions reports, Lamb said. The ability to provide scoring has been facilitated by the data CDP has generated by previous years' responses ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive, and there is wider, increased interest in investing in short-term cash vehicles that come from banking institutions ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... threshold, LGS said at the time. Regulations and legislation are changing the way companies and asset owners report on carbon emissions and exposures to future carbon emission liabilities, and more than 30 countries have a price on carbon emission, said ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Bank also won largest relative carbon reduction, reporting a 13.9% reduction relative to its total scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions in 2014. Largest absolute carbon reduction went to Rio Tinto, with the company reporting a 4,620,110 metric tons CO 2 -e ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australia could achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise ...