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PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of nine of Australia's major trading partners by the Productivity Commission concludes that establishing a carbon pricing mechanism is a more efficient means of reducing consumption than other schemes that raise the explicit and implicit ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... monetized and reflected in financial statements. He compared the use of a physical measure for water to the way that greenhouse gas emissions are measured. "I draw a parallel between what we're seeing here and what we see with the reporting of greenhouse ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... performing to date?' and 'How will the company improve?'" The Macquarie report cited GPT's reduction in water and greenhouse gas intensity (per m2) and increase in waste, recycling rate, with many sites now considered to be operating 'at or close to ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... initiative is a voluntary certification scheme which allows Australian businesses to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations or products. This government initiative is delivered by Low Carbon Australia ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... technical] bodies." A trading framework can be developed off the back of knowledge gained by the operations of the NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme, a mandatory scheme that started in 2003, and by the learning from the mistakes of the European Union's ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... operations. Although the bank is certified "carbon neutral" by Low Carbon Australia, the bank reported an 8% rise in greenhouse gas emissions, against a target of lowering GHG emissions by 6% this year. "In Australia our target for absolute emissions ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Additionally, increasing the use of renewable energies could lead to cumulative greenhouse gas savings equivalent to 220 to 560 Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (GtC02eq) between 2010 and 2050, the report indicated. Under ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon prices, oil prices, demand for oil and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and the extent to which these factors might impair assets. The resolution was tabled by the Climate Advocacy ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Rio Tinto reported falling injury frequency rates, a year-on-year uptick in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity and a 40 per cent increase in community contributions against a backdrop of record US$14bn in underlying earnings and falling debt in ...