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Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia, the aquatic centre plant is expected to help the council avoid approximately 1000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually, while the energy saving measures at the other three buildings were expected to avoid approximately 200 tonnes annually. ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... drop a controversial floor price that had been intended to establish a price of no less than AU$15 per tonne of carbon emissions (CO2-e). The price floor would have mandated companies using non-domestic offset units that cost less than AU$15 pay a "top-up" ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... developing and deploying those technologies, and for support for small and medium-sized mines to prepare for carbon emissions abatement strategies. "This support package is about accelerating the development of abatement technologies and processes to ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... EUR 7.5tr in assets under management. Buildings are responsible for 40% of final energy consumption and 36% of carbon emissions in the EU, IIGCC found. Implementing existing technologies such as better insulation, efficient lighting and heat recovery ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... and the environment with expected annual energy cost savings of over $75,000 as well as significantly reduced carbon emissions" said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia's CEO. "Projects like this don't just produce one-off benefits for their communities. ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... calculations. For example, an angle for the accountancy profession is the accounting for the physical impacts of carbon emissions. My perspective is that we need to bring together the various disciplines, and transdisciplinarity sits over the top of ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... CAER For the first three years from July, the carbon price mechanism will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions. From July 2015, the system will transfer to a cap and trade market based system with a "collar" - a floor price for permits ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... benchmark ESG scores, analysis with the lowest and highest rated positions and assessment of issues including carbon emissions, water stress, and human capital development. It offers users that analysis relative to MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... FB Rice has achieved an overall reduction of 9% in power since 2007/2008, which equates to a 9% reduction in carbon emissions from electricity consumption. FB Rice achieved this through measures like switching from halogen down-lights to LEDs, reducing ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... legislation. For the first three years from July, the carbon price mechanism will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions. From July 2015, the system will transfer to a cap and trade market based system with a "collar" - a floor price for ...