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Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australian residential and commercial property could reach zero carbon emissions standards in 10 years with sufficient retrofitting to reduce energy consumption, according to Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) has released two draft bills to implement the changes required to bring forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate Australia does not improve in both areas it may be exposing itself to the imposition of quotas and other regulation," the report said. BlackRock said that 65% of diversity disclosures could be considered perfunctory and applying a largely "minimal ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... CDP, asking for data on how they manage water-related risks including flooding, water shortage, poor water quality, regulation, community opposition and higher water costs. Of that 57, 36 responded, and 92% identified substantive water-related risks ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... relation to the legislation's passage that according to CDP's 2012 report on FTSE 350 companies, 74% of respondents see regulation as an opportunity which could result in increased demand for an existing service or product and noting that regulation ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a proposal to bring forward the start of the floating emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. The proposal would end the fixed price on carbon a year early and catalyse liable entities to organise their ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... lower-carbon assets. The combination of growing consensus around climate science, the potential for tighter carbon regulation and concomitant economic impacts and the resulting lower-carbon world means that there is pressure on investors to divest and ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... factors - the Rio+20 conference took place during a period of economic instability, challenging the case for greater regulation; at the time, the Global Reporting Initiative and the International Integrated Reporting Council frameworks were being developed ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and the Romero Centre in Brisbane. When establishing the trust in 2010, LUCRF spoke with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to make sure that funding the CPT was in line with the fund's legal obligations. Because the CPT is funded ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... clear: right from the outset, we're looking for a market-led adoption [of Integrated Reporting] in Australia, not more regulation," he said. "What we need from regulators is the ability for companies to do integrated reporting, not the mandating of integrated ...