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Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... told The Sustainability Report that the company is in the process of divesting from companies that extract or product natural gas. Australian Ethical Investments had previously held stock in natural gas companies on the principle that natural gas is ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Investors have a new guide for addressing climate risk and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in real estate portfolios, published by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other industry bodies. UNEP Finance Initiative, The Principles ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... respond to customers' requests for data. CDP notes that supply chains are responsible for "up to four times the [greenhouse gas] GHGs of a company's direct operations," a significant figure given the implications of the Paris Agreement agreed at the ...

Melbourne buildings retrofit with solar panels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Two Melbourne buildings have installed solar panel systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The installation of a 59.4kW system at 101 Collins Street is Australia's highest commercial solar ...

Australian Ethical Investment AUM up 13% in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... announced that Australian Ethical Investments is in the process of divesting from companies that extract or product natural gas. Australian Ethical Investments had previously held stock in natural gas companies on the principle that natural gas is a ...

ARENA allocates funds for biomass research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... in technologies including energy from waste, anaerobic digestion, sustainably sourced biomass-to-energy projects, landfill gas capture, wood pelletisation (where forestry plantation waste is converted into pellets that can be burned as fuel) the production ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... globally and note the methods underpinning Australian projects have the potential to significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by up to around 0.15 Gt CO2 -eper year. That is a big opportunity globally." However, Rowan Foley, general manager ...

Ross Hill Wine Group certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... certified carbon neutrality ensures consumers that Ross Hill has taken extensive, well-planned measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by their business," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates managing director. "Consumers and supply chains ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... in technologies including energy from waste, anaerobic digestion, sustainably sourced biomass-to-energy projects, landfill gas capture, wood pelletisation (where forestry plantation waste is converted into pellets that can be burned as fuel) the production ...

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... scenarios. How do we mitigate the harm?" The book also explores the roles that corporations can play as producers of greenhouse gas emissions, technological innovators and employers and corporate systems. Wright notes that the structure of the listed ...