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Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... regime and can plan accordingly for launch on 1 July 2012. Grant Anderson Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson, said that the focus of attention now would be on the promulgation of regulations to implement ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... really interesting to go into the policies that companies have and see how well developed they are, in terms of human resources, risk management, etc. Is it that those companies have more robust policies and governance overall in everything that they ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... communities," said Diego Hernandez, president and CEO of Codelco. "For Codelco, it is no longer enough to deliver the resources that benefit all Chileans, we must also play an active role in improving international sustainability standards. This is our ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... suggests indicators to assess and report their impacts on ecosystem services, including nature and amount of natural resources harvested, produced, traded and/or consumed, such as crops, fish, timber, fibre, by the organization in relation to safe ecological ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Project, the Global Reporting Initiative, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Resources Institute, the World Intellectual Capital Initiative, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the Climate Disclosure Standards ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... time. Agriculture funds, water funds, renewable energy funds and the like encourage the most efficient use of these resources and recognise that they are scare resources that are going to have an increasing value. We want to be a part of capturing that ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... overall scores in implementation and measurement and management and policy. "More efficient use of energy and other resources by the real estate sector can structurally reduce energy consumption," said Nils Kok, executive director of the GRESB Foundation. ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... change suppliers over concerns over environmental policies. Officeworks has suspended its relationship with Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) after APRIL was accused of unsustainable clearing of Indonesian land in an episode of ABC's Foreign ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... activities could take the form of projects that generate CFI credits", said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson. "In addition, where it is a condition of the mining approval that the mine operator must ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... workforces and the heightened exposure to labour disruptions across geographies and through supply chains, to access to scare resources. The paper also discusses possible opportunities via redeploying capital to emerging industries such as renewable ...