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BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI has given BHP Billiton a red flag in its MSCI Controversies Research and downgraded BHP Billiton in its ESG Rating Research, a move that could impact on the portfolio construction and screens of asset managers and owners around the world. Michael ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam with the exception of data centre emissions, in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. However, the bank has not set a target for Scope 3 emissions - emissions down the value chain. The bank ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of global stakeholders have launched the Natural Capital Protocol, a framework designed to assist companies in measuring and valuing use of and impact on natural capital. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia The Natural Capital ...

ARENA funds Southern Oil Refining biofuel lab pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$2.4 million in funding for Southern Oil Refining to develop and build a biocrude and biofuel laboratory in Queensland. The laboratory project, which will be based in Yarwun near Gladstone ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... designed to set global definitions and reporting requirements for managing food loss and waste. The Food Loss and Waste Protocol was convened at the 3GF 2013 Summit by the World Resources Institute, and protocol partners include the Consumer Goods Forum ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The maturation and evolution of what sustainability means in a corporate environment will see organisations continue to embed sustainability with corporate strategy in Australia. Sustainability experts tell The Sustainability Report that environmental ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... global carbon market," she said. "You may be aware that there are already market mechanisms put in place under the Kyoto Protocol. What we've now got under the agreement - and it was very touch and go as to whether there would be anything included - ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... indigenous people in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Express reference is useful, and it's a shift from the Kyoto Protocol." Gerrard spoke at a forum during the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) hosted by UNESCO, entitled 'Resilience in a time of ...

G4 to transition to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... responsibility for developing, approving and disseminating GRI Standards, and the timing will be based on Due Process Protocol, which is overseen by the Due Process Oversight Committee. The G4 Guidelines remain in effect until the GSSB approves the transition ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... 8,500 hectare section is a part of the landowner's overall ranch. The CFI implements national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission ...