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A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... is 16.5% below its projected emissions sounds good, until we discover that the projections were made in 2006 based on different assumptions of energy efficiency and low-emission technologies. But it's still commendable, as total emissions are falling. ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... use of water in coal seam gas extraction and the risk to licence to operate by companies. "Shale and coal seam gas are different, but they share some technologies and share some risks and uncertainties albeit it in different ways and to a different extents," ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting can unlock a whole lot of internal advantages, in terms of engaging the staff in the process, finding a different view on risk management," Ghandar said. "It's a huge role to play. Assurance practitioners see across a lot of ...

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... executives on the Department of Climate Change a few years back, and the feedback was the same," he said. "Why do I do five different reports to five different bodies with the same information? Why is my sustainability team pumping out data rather than ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Globally, the green building market has more growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... we need a consistent reporting to enable things like benchmarking between operations, companies, sectors and between different regions. It's about comparing apples to apples." The MCA Water Accounting Framework is intended to work in conjunction with ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and employment in a really flexible way," she said. "Partly because the experience of education and employment can be different and they might come into a role without the qualifications that they would like to have, they may need to study and work ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
New South Wales-based Local Government Super (LGS) is generating revenue through the creation of energy savings certificates based on retrofits of properties in its direct real estate portfolio. Local Government Super property, 76 Berry Street, North ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Armstrong, CEO of COzero, speaking from the CarbonExpo conference in Melbourne. "When I'm talking to people, it's a different debate we're having. It's a debate of, well is Europe going to set aside 1.2bn credits. If they do, the price will go up to ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... just for Australia, but for the Asian region. For example, we assess and certify green star buildings of all sorts of different type and we see amazing technologies coming through around water and water systems. The ability to upscale those from the ...