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Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... governments need to promulgate integrated climate change and clean energy policies with clear short, medium and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and clear mechanisms and timelines for delivering on the objectives, as well as comprehensive ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has developed two new standards that will measure greenhouse gas emissions across companies' value chains and across product life cycles. The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) harmonizes global methodology to measure corporate ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... profit for the 2011 financial year of AU$553m, an increase of AU$521.6m over last year, while decreasing energy, greenhouse gas and water intensity across its entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office, industrial and retail properties ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... down the supply chain. The first stage of PUMA's EP&L statement, issued earlier this year, addressed the company's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and water consumption, both within the company's operations, and critically, down the supply chain. There ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... consumption, which is central to ICT sustainability." ICT is a large consumer of energy, globally responsible for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions, said Alison Rowe, Fujitsu's global executive director sustainability, in a preface to the report. "ICT is ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... to the GRI, the built environment is responsible for more than 40% of global energy use and one third of global greenhouse gas emissions - and up to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions in cities and towns. The supplement also covers areas including building ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting requirement are being put onto the CFO's desk. Under NGER, corporations that had more than 50kt of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalent) for the fiscal year 2010-11 for a corporation are required to register with the Greenhouse ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... business strategies," compared to 48% in 2010. There was a dramatic rise in the number of companies reporting reduced greenhouse gas emissions as a result of emissions reduction activities - more than double, at 45% this year, up from 19% in 2010. The ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability report for the 2010/2011financial year. However, Fuji Xerox Australia was not able to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as targeted and reported an uptick in employee lost time injury frequency rates (LTIFR). Fuji Xerox Australia's sustainability ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... class." The GRESB Foundation asked respondents to disclose, among other things, use and cost of energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions and waste. According to the report, 32% of the 340 respondents reported on their energy costs, with the median energy ...