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DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... 100% organic certified and now assessed and certified carbon neutral." Meanwhile, DEXUS's head office at 343 George St, Sydney, has been certified carbon neutral after the company assessed energy usage and developed a sustainability strategy. The strategy ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... definitions and improved clarity, helping reporters, information users and assurance providers. Paul Davies, a principle at Sydney-based Banarra, a sustainability consultancy, is a member f the G4 practitioners' network and is a member of the Disclosure ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... 1 in Melbourne, the first 4 Star Green Star - Multi Unit Residential Design v1 building, and Ausgrid Learning Centre in Sydney, the first 6 Star Green Star - Education As Built v1 project. "Green Star has penetrated the office market in Australia to ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... question - the prices are likely to be very, very low in that market and lower than what the government has predicted." Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... my understanding, there's no commercial incentive to go out and write methodology unless you're a university or an NGO." Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon savings thru the projects we are financing. We are very keenly involved with the City of Melbourne and the City of Sydney and the other councils to put the frameworks in place to ensure that the type of approval processes they are using are compatible ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... arbitrage opportunities, and that is a risk, but it will depend on the eligibility requirements around certification." Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales based Local Government Super (LGS) has completed a retrofit of a Sydney commercial property that will reduce the building's emissions reduced by approximately 85% and allow the building to operate independently of the electricity ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... given the Minister's Award at the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency's Business Achievement Awards held in Sydney. Thirty Australian businesses were recognized for their contribution to "advancing women in the workplace." "CSL Limited ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... them, there is no retail presence - the question is whether they can find gas. They're trying to get a project up in inner Sydney." Fayers noted that AGL is vulnerable to regulatory changes because they are exposed to shortages in upstream gas supply ...