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Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. The Solomon Islands has mineral and energy resources, with potential mineral deposits of copper, gold, zinc, bauxite, and nickel have been identified in Guadalcanal ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Decision-making, which looks at global issues facing government, business and the broader community around managing water resources. The book was jointly funded and commissioned by the main accounting bodies in Australia - CPA Australia and the Institute ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... deal with are fairly well prepared for the carbon pricing scheme," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at law firm Allens. "They have spent a lot of effort in terms of determining which entity within a corporate group is ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... manager has importance part to play in their ability to retain their license to operate and gain access to future mineral resources." Of the companies that responded, 91% had good overall awareness of water risks within direct operations, but only 68% ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and Ivor Frischknecht has been named ARENA's first chief executive officer. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The appointments were announced by Minster for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. ARENA, which ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... are causing potential developers from committing to the investment necessary to start: concerns over the technological resources need to implement and oversee a CFI project, concerns over the political uncertainty surrounding the carbon pricing regime ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... manufacturer First Solar will receive an AU$129.7m federal government grant to help finance a 159 megawatt solar power project. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The AU$450m project will be built in Broken Hill and Nyngan, New South Wales and the thin-film ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... governance issues, either. There are some issues where it does do well -things like recycling, their efficient use of resources, but then they're very vulnerable on how they get their energy. Q: The green bonds are a very interesting component to the ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and the fact that you're looking at going into different, newer regions where you have to explore and extract these resources. Both of those to some degree work against the issue of human capital management and how to deal with many subsidiaries, some ...

Greg Bourne appointed acting chair of ARENA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Greg Bourne has been appointed acting chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) board by Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson ARENA, which commences in July 2012, will be an independent statutory ...