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Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... sectors, and CDP notes that deforestation related to those four commodities account for approximately 10-15% of total greenhouse gas emissions. The global forests report analyses responses from 152 companies from around the world, including Asia Pulp ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... clarifying that their sustainability policies do not permit them to finance projects that generate large-scale greenhouse gas emissions. "We don't use members' funds to finance large-scale greenhouse-gas pollution, and don't use members' deposits to ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... current CDSB reporting framework focuses on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions. The new draft framework also covers fossil fuels, water stewardship and forest commodities, CDSB said. It ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... (GWh) of electricity in 2013, with 66.3% coming from grid electricity - mostly coal-fired power plants, 18.3% from natural gas, 7.3% from co-generaiton, 7.8% from tri-generation and 0.3% from renewable sources. "We are actually doing better than we might ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... (absolute) emissions by 33 million metric tons in the past reporting year, "equivalent to around nine months of greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars in Australia," CDP said. "The bottom line is at risk from the climate crisis," said Paul Simpson ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... system provides the largest reduction in emissions. Then we can use the carbon-free electricity to replace petrol in cars, and gas in buildings and some industrial processes." The report uses modelling from the CSIRO and the Victoria University Centre ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Under that scenario, the 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 ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... finance tracking and reporting." "The European Investment Bank is committed to supporting investment that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enables adaptation to the consequences of climate change," said Jonathan Taylor, European Investment Bank vice ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable operations has generated measurable improvements in energy efficiency, cost savings, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions," said Nicholas E. Stolatis, sr. director of global sustainability and enterprise initiatives of global real estate ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... climate-related issues to help investors with the transition to a low carbon economy." MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics provides oil and gas reserves and potential emissions data along with direct and indirect carbon emissions - Scope 1 and 2 - for approximately ...