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AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... for its sustainability reporting - in March of this year, AGL took out top prize at the Energy Supply Association of Australia's (ESAA) Sustainability Reporting and Innovation Awards for its 2010 Sustainability Report. In 2010, AGL was jointly awarded ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... week launched Tomorrow's boards: Creating balanced and effective boards, a book that details the current composition of Australia's boards, selection practices and the advantages inherent in diversity. Author Anthea McIntyre, senior policy advisor and ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... dioxide, increasing by 2.5%in real terms per annum and transitioning to a market-based emissions trading scheme from 2015. Australia's carbon tax marks the first time that a major coal exporting country has introduced a price on fugitive emissions. The ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released the fifth edition of its governance guidelines ' A Guide for Superannuation Trustees to monitor listed Australian companies'. The guide, which is updated every second year, includes ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The government's carbon price package could help Australia achieve a greater than expected reduction in greenhouse gas emission by 2020 if successfully implemented, according to research from ClimateWorks Australia. ClimateWorks Australia's analysis ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and maintenance of the wind farm, and negotiation of the offtake 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 ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... projects," said Bruce Akhurst, Sensis CEO. "The Yellow Pages and White Pages print and online directories are one of Australia's largest carbon neutral products," Akhurst said. "We made a commitment to take responsibility for the environmental footprint ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... diversity. "Women currently make up 17.6% of directors of ASX 50 companies, 16.1% of ASX 100 and 12.7% cent of ASX 200. Australia now ranks ahead of many of our international peers in gender composition of top listed company boards, including the United ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... company. Wilson's former roles include executive general manager of performance and reward at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, executive general manager, culture and performance at Suncorp and over twelve years global consulting experience on human ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Corporate Engagement and has received around 350 responses from various real investment firms and vehicles. Kok noted that Australia generally has a reputation for understanding why and how commercial properties should be improved for environmental efficiencies ...