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ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm (66 MW) in South Australia, which is owned in a joint venture. The three wind farms have a production capacity of 304.5MW of green energy, equivalent to the energy needs of 205,000 Australian households, the company said. Australia's ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... throughout the complete lifecycle of the Yellow Pages® and White Pages® print and online directories, including the production, use, disposal and distribution of the directories, from 1 February 2010. The NCOS Carbon Neutral Program was established ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "Bluescope and Onesteel have made it clear how many permits they respect to receive for free based on the current production levels. That's a transparent way of doing it. Any investor can make clear estimates based on that kind of disclosure. MSCI ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... comply with," Stockwell said. "It's going to have lots of checks and balances. It means more of an upfront role for the production sector in managing the export trade.... In the end, the trade got to where it has been because of a good relationship between ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Melbourne-based printing 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 ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... screening research allows investors to identify all global publicly-traded companies involved in activities such as the production of alcohol or tobacco products, or those that violate religious screening mandates. It also allows investors to divest ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... grid-connected photovoltaics by over 50%, geothermal by 4%m, solar water/heating by over 20% and ethanol and biodiesel production rose by 10% and 9% respectively. The working group examined over 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... 43.4m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, 2.3m tonnes higher than in 2009. "This is the result of increased production of a number of commodities and production shifts to operations with higher greenhouse gas emission intensity," the report ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... localized and limited in impact by institutional investors, Fabian said. "For example, if an investor is looking at a food production company that has investments in areas where there is a drought, they will see a link, but the view is more that the ...