Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 58 results for "petroleum"

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 ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the survey. BHP Billiton, CSL, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Woolworths Limited all answered the question, while Woodside Petroleum declined to participate, according to the report. There is an increase in the amount of collaborative action to develop shared ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... development projects and an Australia Pacific LNG director. He was responsible for Origin's major capital projects in upstream petroleum, power generation, and low-emissions technology businesses. He is currently a director of Geodynamics Limited, Horizon ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Donaghey has a background in strategic planning, general management and business analysis with senior roles at Woodside Petroleum and BHP Billiton. Twidell is currently executive director of the Australian Solar Institute. The board members join Greg ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... such, companies such as Total Gabon, which "recently announced a partnership with the government of Gabon to create a petroleum technical skills school in order to address the lack of appropriately-skilled people in the workforce, the paper said. AXA ...