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CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian companies were asked to participate. Wesfarmers, Woolworths and CSL answered the questionnaire. Woodside Petroleum declined to participate.

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... will need to drop by at least 90% by 2050 in order to avoid severe climate change." Kidney said. "The still largely petroleum-based chemical industry can play a leading role in this process. First, substantial progress is being made in switching to renewable ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... fellow of AICD, the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Energy Institute (UK), a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME (USA) and a member of The Club of Rome. BHP Billiton opposes Dunlop's nomination. In their notice of ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Limited, Computershare, Graincorp, Mirabela Nickel, Mirvac Group, Pacific Brands, Telstra, Westfield Group, Woodside Petroleum and Woolworths. Gender diversity is not the only diversity area that needs to be measured and improved, Bennett said. "Of course ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... executive chairman, said algae biofuels also offers NSW and Australia a new level of fuel security. "At a time when all the petroleum refining capacity is closing down in NSW, this is the beginning of an era of renewable fuel which can be 'grown' in ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... website. NAB won the award for sustainability reporting - private, with Dexus Property Group, Tassal Group and Woodside Petroleum were finalists. bankmecu won the award for integrated reporting, with Dexus, National Australia Bank and Sydney Water coming ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... in 2011, Australian Ethical's Climate Advocacy Fund and other activist owners introduced a resolution at the Woodside Petroleum Ltd AGM which would have amended the corporate constitution to require disclosure of the company's assumptions of future carbon ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The historically high price of oil is fuelling the economics of unconventional petroleum projects, but investors must factor in greater risk from environmental liabilities such as marine hydrocarbon spills and ongoing operational costs when assessing ...