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Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... in property, cash and equities. At the very least, there should be disclosure within equities to say are 10% are in resources, 10% are in banking and the rest are in other categories. That's disclosure as to the broad sectors in which there is investment. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The use of renewable energy resources in electricity generation is expected to grow at 6% per year between now and 2035, according to Professor Quentin Grafton, executive director and chief economist of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... often raise more challenging social and political questions. For these reasons small companies, which typically lack the resources of larger ones, are much more likely to have a health and safety policy than any other LHR standard. The disproportionate ...

Renewable energy provides 10% of Australia's electricity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... represents 6.5% of all electricity produced in Australia during this period. "Most of Australia's suitable hydro electricity resources have already been developed," the report noted. "Work undertaken by hydro operators is generally in developing mini ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Investments Commission (ASIC). "It's expected, and it's appropriate," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson. "Carbon units will be traded, and while they are of course, different from securities or ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Board -the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California State Treasurers' Office, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Ceres Investor Network on ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... also called for new coal seam gas mining exploration licenses to be halted until scientific assessments are brought in. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson told an interviewer on ABC Radio that while coal seam gas mining is not a new industry, the fast ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support EITI's activities. EITI was launched ...

Dean Paatsch launches new governance advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... "It's not every stock, and not every issue, but what we think is material. The idea here is that we have to spread the resources to work year-round, rather than just bulk up for AGM." Investor Voice subscribers will "underwrite" a research programme ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the information needed to make informed decisions." The GHG Protocol is a collaborative body developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The Corporate Value Chain and Product Life ...