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Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and then dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. Elders reported an effluent leak at its Charlton (Victoria) feedlot in January 2011, due to the damage from severe flooding. The operation received a pollution abatement notice from ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Limited opened its Thinking Kids Children's Centre, an early childhood education and care centre at CSL's Parkville site in Victoria, meeting an identified need among its 1800 local employees to support those returning to work after having a child," ...

Ownership Matters hires Marty Chung

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Juris Doctor (J.D) and an MBA from the University of Melbourne and is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. The independent, Australian focused governance firm has a suite of services aimed at financial institutions - a proxy voting ...

Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Carbon Offset Guide website, which provides information on carbon offset providers in Australia. Low Carbon Australia, EPA Victoria, and the University of Queensland have developed the guide as a comprehensive, independent directory of carbon offset ...

Regulatory barriers slowing cogeneration technology usage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Cogeneration - combined heat and power - and trigeneration - combined cooling, heat and power - offer "significant" environmental and economic benefits to the Australian building industry. But "a complex and burdensome connection process and regulatory ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... through us, and they have that exposure to Pacific Hydro as well as to two other low carbon assets, Ecogen Energy in Victoria, and North American Energy Alliance in the US, which together have a suite of predominantly gas-fired power stations with some ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey of environmental and social performance at 340 of the world's largest property companies has found that the companies on average have reduced their energy consumption in 2010 by almost 3% ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... arrangements. Gunning is ACCIONA's third wind farm in Australia - the other two are the Waubra Wind Farm (192 MW) in Victoria and the Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm (66 MW) in South Australia, which is owned in a joint venture. The three wind farms have a ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
In September, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will release its second survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private real estate investments. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage ...