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Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... cited the backlash that Harvey Norman co-founder Gerry Harvey saw after he announced a campaign to have the goods and services tax (GST) treatment of low-value imports altered as a way of slowing the exodus to online retailing. Consumers assailed the ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... increasing divergences on the reporting on strategy." The report noted that two of the drivers of regulatory risk - a carbon tax or cap and trade scheme and emission reporting obligations - were also frequently sources of opportunity. "There was recognition ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislative package, starting the countdown to the 1 July 2012 launch of a carbon pricing regime. But while businesses have short term certainty with the package's passage, they will still have ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... again this week with independent MP Tony Windsor calling for AU$400m from the government's proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) to go to funding environmental assessments of the impact of coal seam gas mining. Windsor has also called for new coal ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... placed the company in a sound position with regards to the future reporting under and compliance with the Australian Carbon Tax." AWE explained that its reduction in GHG emissions was "largely a result of lower gas flaring at the Company's Tui operations ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... this, certainly in the energy and infrastructure space." See Also: Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... and working conditions, while stage 3 will value the social and economic benefits of PUMA's operations through job creation, tax contributions, philanthropic initiatives and other "value-adding elements." See Also: PUMA's environmental P&L reporting ...

Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability, according to Aaron Magner, director of sustainability at the University of New South Wales. "Once the carbon tax is resolved it will become a financial issue for future costings for goods and services, and it'll become a more objective ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... outlined by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the scheme will start from 1 July 2012. For the first three years, it will run as a tax on carbon of AU$23/tonne which expected to rise by 2.5% per year in real terms until 2015. It has a lower bound for inclusions ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group reported operating net profit after tax had increased 30.2% to AU$358.5m for the 2010/2011 financial year, with statutory net profit down by 22.3% to AU$182.3m and operating earnings per stapled security up 13.7% to 10.5 cents, in line ...