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Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. BZE recently published a report, Zero Carbon Australia Buildings Plan, outlining how existing residential and non-residential building stock can be refitted to reduce energy use. ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... legislation that would bring back the transition to a flexible market-based emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. Australia is set to link up with Europe's ETS when it enters the flexible pricing period, and that link will largely determine ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... May, and Businesses for a Clean Economy had previously released results in which 88% of survey respondents said that Australia needs to reduce emissions to address climate change. Businesses for a Clean Economy commissioned AECOM to conduct the research. ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... management activities such as placements, dividends and buy-backs may reflect institutional investor satisfaction with Australia's capital raising system, which advantages institution-friendly capital raisings such as placements or accelerated rights ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus far from Australia that join the fellowship program to go to India and help set up micro-businesses in the communities where they will sell. ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... in public comments that the philosophical differences between the two approaches, the politics and the uncertainty of Australia's carbon pricing regime meant that linkage was very difficult, de Wit said. "I think there are some significant differences ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australia's real estate investment trusts (REITs) "are amongst the most progressive globally when it comes to acknowledging, measuring and managing ESG risks," according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's Australian equity research team questioned ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... to enable and accelerate resilience, efficiency and innovation through sustainability in organisations right around Australia, irrespective of their size and financial capacity," said Terence Jeyaretnam, executive director of Net Balance. "We are excited ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the fact that nearly 19% of companies failed to meet basic disclosure requirements on diversity policies means that Australia could face the imposition of a quota system to raise the number of women on boards, warns BlackRock. Pru Bennett, director and ...