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Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... commodity associations. It was established in 2001 to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. The ICMM's other members include: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Rowe said. "In some organisations that rely heavily on ICT, such as banks, government and many other administrative industries, ICT can account for up to 75% of all energy consumption."

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... policies and how broadly is it integrated into the overall portfolio? PL: We come from a position that there a number of industries that cause damage in modern society and that these industries will face increasing regulatory pressures in the future. ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... chains, to access to scare resources. The paper also discusses possible opportunities via redeploying capital to emerging industries such as renewable energies. One of the key points the MSCI paper highlights as an argument in favour of investing with ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... commodity associations. It was established in 2001 to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. Members include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newmont and Minerals and Metals Group. See Also: Transparency improving around ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... reduced" by the planned assistance package, according to research from MSCI. Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries such as steel will feel a "negligible" effect, while aluminium smelters and refiners could see reductions in earnings before ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... regulations and thus not covered by the package, and there is concern that parts of the assistance package to affected industries are left to budget allocations. Grant Anderson "In terms of things that are missing from the draft legislation, there are ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... importance and stakeholder importance, Black of the ACCSR said. "One of the problems that many managers face in many industries is that they tend to confuse what is strategically important with the company with what is important to stakeholders," she ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... life projects." Anderson takes a sanguine view about the impact of a carbon tax on joint venture projects in affected industries. "Investors, whether they're overseas or domestic, will price carbon liabilities into an investment," he said. "It's just ...