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CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... reporting framework, which includes more information on natural capital calculations such as forest risk commodities and water. CDSB put the drafts out for consultation, and also issued separate papers on carbon asset stranding risks and boundary issues. ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Ray Donald, Bogan Shire mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries, minister for natural resources, lands and water, minister for Western NSW; Brian Stanley, First Solar senior VP; Mark Coulton MP, federal member for Parkes; Scott Thomas, AGL ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment (PRI) has opened a new initiative and will focus on engaging with 54 companies around the world that have water risk exposure in their agricultural supply chain. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The agriculture sector is ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... - transport, energy, climate finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry, waste and pollution control, and water. Transport bonds continue to dominate the universe, at US$358.4 billion, which the report attributes to "inclusion of a number ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... from cities in those countries. As a result, the total number of cities reporting their climate change risks, emissions and water management data tripled within these two countries, compared with last year. This is not only good practice for those cities ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... exchanges in multiple global environmental commodity markets, including carbon, renewable energy certificates (RECs) and water. CTX is currently operating in Australia, the EU and the US. "As a global leader in the environmental exchange sector, our ...

ARENA provides $11 million grant to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... offshore power generation, which could enable additional applications for the technology operating further from shore, in deep water." Carnegie is installing a CETO 5 system - known as the Perth Project - for the Department of Defence at Garden Island ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) has offered opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... examples of good CSR leadership within Australian organisations and produced a CSR Top 10 list - ABC, ARUP, GHD, Melbourne Water, National Australia Bank, Newmont Mining Corporation, PwC Australia, Rio Tinto, The University of Queensland and Main Roads ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... carbon mitigation achieved. The study examines 109 projects conducted by The Gold Standard, including wind, cook stove, water filter, bio-digester and afforestation/reforestation projects. For example, the study cites the added health benefits of providing ...