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Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Value of Carbon Offsetting. Imperial College London conducted the research in partnership with the International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance (ICROA). The research was split into two approaches - data was collected from 59 offset projects ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... carbon tax - which was intended to drive behavioural change, whereas a lowest bid approach, will drive low value carbon reduction. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, transaction costs for projects are generally quite high, for example ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that allocate capital to carbon emissions reductions generate positive return on investment (ROI) of 33.6%, creating US$15.1 billion in value, according to CDP's third annual Carbon Action report. CDP's Carbon Action initiative is backed by ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Only four ASX200 companies have set long-term carbon reduction targets, while most ASX200 companies focus on setting short-term targets for carbon emission reduction, according to the CDP Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2013. "There's ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... engagement campaign to 415 companies, double the 2011 level. The analysis from companies that responded shows that carbon reduction activities are generating satisfactory positive returns with average IRRs of 33% and payback within three years, with ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... from 170,688 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the 2010/2011 financial year. CBA said its top three carbon reduction initiatives were a lighting project to replace inefficient lighting in 950 branches across Australia - by June 1 2012, work ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... same time, there has been a proliferation of government intervention in anything to do with clean energy and carbon reduction, at the federal, state or even local level, and all of those interventions have been very changeable through time - witness ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Pangolin has been working with intellectual property law firm FB Rice since 2007/2008 on energy efficiency and carbon reduction. According to a case study from Pangolin, FB Rice has achieved an overall reduction of 9% in power since 2007/2008, which ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
As the federal government announced that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will be located in Sydney, financial and investment institutions look to the CEFC's form and function as much as its location. The AU$10bn CEFC is expected to commence ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has sent letters to the CEOs of 415 of the largest companies around the world, calling for cost-effective management and reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters ...