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Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... understand the trends in reporting, the next challenge was how we should set the right objectives. And then, how to get the resources to do such a project? Finally how to design a project with so many parts to come together, how to get the right people ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability indicators with respect to significance to both stakeholders and to Santos. Four of those indicators - water resources, external stakeholder engagement, financial performance and new project development and acquisitions - were the most ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... GPT's environmental impacts is clear," GPT said in its annual review. "If GPT had continued to consume energy, water and resources at the same rate as they were consumed in 2005, GPT and its tenants would have incurred AU$15.9m of additional costs in ...

Government grants $1.9m for geothermal exploration study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... GeoDynamics and Petratherm, plus GeoScience Australia and the South Australian Department of Manufacturing, Innovation Trade Resources and Energy, who will provide geothermal sensor data sets and expertise in discovery and characterisation of geothermal ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... companies to disclose the payments that they receive from companies, the revenue they earn from the extraction of their resources, and to consult with civil society on the management of the revenue in sustainable manner. The ASX opened a consultation ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental non-government srganisations consisting of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California State Treasurers' Office, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), the Carbon ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... give the industry priority. Food is something you need each year to survive and it's a sustainable process, whereas resources have a more limited horizon." The agribusiness sector is facing significant challenges as a result of climate change, the carbon ...

Chloe Munro named head of Clean Energy Regulator

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... April, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will consult with stakeholders on compliance issues and resources for the start-up of the carbon pricing mechanism.

Government extends deadlines for Solar Flagship Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... its Solar Flagship Program, designed to fund the construction of a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power station. Resources, Energy and Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson announced that the department had given the Moree Solar Farm consortium an extension ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... despite the government's Renewable Energy Target, which seeks to provide 20% of energy in the country from renewable resources. "Potential reasons for this include the relatively low and volatile prices of the Renewable Energy Certificates, regulatory ...