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Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... partnership between the Myer Foundation and Monash University with a mission to substantially reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years.

Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... reviewed companies, many lag behind "reasonable expectations" for providing data regarding carbon footprints and/or greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, SustainabilityServices said the quality of information on water usage was "shockingly low" for a ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon price starting in 2012 versus starting the carbon price in 2016. A four-year delay would delay the switch from coal to gas for base load electricity and would cause wholesale electricity prices to average $6/MWh higher each year until 2030. According ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... has released a paper calling for clear policies for a "predictable, measured transition to a long term price on greenhouse gas emissions" while recognising the mining industry's role in developing climate change reduction strategies and ensure efficient ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of nine of Australia's major trading partners by the Productivity Commission concludes that establishing a carbon pricing mechanism is a more efficient means of reducing consumption than other schemes that raise the explicit and implicit ...

GRI releases airport operator sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... electric utilities. The airport operators sector supplement is the sixth sector to be covered. See Also: GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance Global Reporting Initiative launch process for new standards

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... monetized and reflected in financial statements. He compared the use of a physical measure for water to the way that greenhouse gas emissions are measured. "I draw a parallel between what we're seeing here and what we see with the reporting of greenhouse ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... performing to date?' and 'How will the company improve?'" The Macquarie report cited GPT's reduction in water and greenhouse gas intensity (per m2) and increase in waste, recycling rate, with many sites now considered to be operating 'at or close to ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... initiative is a voluntary certification scheme which allows Australian businesses to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations or products. This government initiative is delivered by Low Carbon Australia ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... technical] bodies." A trading framework can be developed off the back of knowledge gained by the operations of the NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme, a mandatory scheme that started in 2003, and by the learning from the mistakes of the European Union's ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

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The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

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Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

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Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

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