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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 ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... carrying out those pledges in intervening years. In that context, Australia's move to put an explicit price on carbon emissions and set a renewable energy target puts the country in line with international counterparts. Hueston noted that countries are ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... emissions and a 7% increase in employees. SAP reporting putting measures in place to improve energy efficiency and carbon emissions. The Australian subsidiary has a higher than average rate of travel for internal business, an area that Zwissler says ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 6,000 residents annually, he added. "With that kind of growth, it's imperative that we look to ways to keep our carbon emissions low, and we see this cogeneration plant as benefiting not only the environment, but also improving our financial bottom line ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. Biochar is a stable, carbon-rich type of charcoal that is made by "heating organic materials, such as wood or crop waste ...