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Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... transport." Transport systems are responsible for 23% of energy-related CO2 emissions globally, and 14% of total greenhouse gas emission, the Climate Bonds Initiative said. The Climate Bonds Initiative cited IEA statistics stating that US$15.7 trn in ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Setting measures to factor in a cost of carbon internally to materially affect investment decisions to drive down greenhouse gas emissions Procure 100% of electricity for its own operations and offices from renewable sources Responsible corporate engagement ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... towards a global agreement that limits global warming to less than 2oC above pre-industrial levels. Our revised Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Policy supports this, and our commitments under the 'We Mean Business Coalition' provide an opportunity to engage and ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Responsibility (ACCR) submitted resolutions to AGL for its 30 September AGM, asking for increased disclosures around why the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the company has tripled in the past three years, and that the board "prepare a business ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sources. This year, 162 cities responded to CDP's survey to their use of fossil fuel versus clean power sources, reporting coal, gas, oil, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar and wind. Aspen, Colorado, Santa Monica, California, San Francisco and ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... shifts in international regulatory policies around environmental standards and emission controls, and competition from natural gas and renewable energy," according to an alert written by MinterEllison partner Maged Girgis and MinterEllison special counsel ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... and sustainability are in a context of improvements globally - GRESB that globally, there was a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2014, a 50% increase in on-site renewable energy generation, and a 19% improvement in overall environmental, social ...

Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... and has negative screens in place that prohibit using funds raised from lending to, or investing in, "large scale greenhouse gas polluting activities (from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use)," according to Teachers Mutual Bank. ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia, authored an issue brief looking at the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to new and expanded coal and gas projects as well as the associated port and rail projects to expand export capacity in Asia. Vernon's observations are ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... lodgement, said Caroline Le Couteur, executive director at ACCR. The resolutions also ask for disclosures around why the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of the company has tripled in the past three years, and that the board "prepare a business model ...