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Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... consideration at the AGM. The shareholder resolution asked that the constitution of ANZ "is modified so that any new financing of coal power stations, coal mines, coal export infrastructure or coal seam gas operations requires ratification by shareholders," ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... mitigation response to carbon emission is strong, 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 ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps? Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain Rio Tinto annual ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 200,000 pigs. This gas is used by the local community for cooking and thermal heating, displacing traditional fuels such as coal and wood." The project reduces emissions by over 105,000t CO2-e annually, COzero notes. Ideally, Armstrong believes, the ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... growth is predicted to come from development of gas-fired electricity generation and renewable sources, with the proportion of coal-fired generation declining from 74% to 38% of electricity generation. The report notes that while Australia's energy consumption ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... increasingly efficient and sustainable industry in a low carbon economy," according to the Australian government. The government's Coal Sector Jobs Package provides AU$1.3bn in assistance to support jobs in gassy mines, while Coal Mining Abatement Technology ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 200,000 pigs. This gas is used by the local community for cooking and thermal heating, displacing traditional fuels such as coal and wood." The project reduces emissions by over 105,000t CO2-e annually, COzero notes. "We want to work with stable, reliable ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The mining of coal seam gas has never been more prominent in Australia, and institutional investors are weighing the environmental, social and political risks of being invested in companies with exposures to coal seam gas operations. While there are ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... example," Woods said. "There is certainly an issue there for debt holders, and that's one of the discussions around brown coal electricity generators. Are they too leveraged? That's how people are thinking about it, and that's how we're thinking about ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... will address are being finalised for release to investors and the general public. Paterson also pointed to concerns over coal seam gas as an issue of engagement by institutional shareholders, if not an actual issue for AGM this year. "Certainly, in terms ...