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Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... accounting for about 17% of our merchandise trade and employing over 50,000 people. "Coal mining is central to the local economy of many regional areas, we therefore need to take steps to ensure the industry has a sustainable future as we move to a carbon-constrained ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the value of disclosure in accelerating emissions reductions. Regulation is essential in moving us towards a low carbon economy." The regulations will be reviewed in 2015, and ministers will assess if the approach should be extended to all British large ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... information into their reporting documentation. GRI has joined the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition and the Green Economy Coalition, which are working to include a paragraph on sustainability disclosures into the outcomes document The Future ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... highly rated bonds, but also offers access to developing economies. M Mc: That's exactly it. Often a lot of these [emerging economy] governments have governance issues, and particularly in Asia. An example of that is Indonesia. Indonesia looks great ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... joint managing director. "Formalising the partnership is timely - it benefits our clients as they face a changing carbon economy." Pangolin Associates said PKF chose them because of Pangolin's high level of technical expertise and robust environmental ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... of the Climate Bonds Initiative. "It's rail, for example. There has been a lot of confusion about what the low carbon economy could be. The second thing is that it identifies a liquid universe out there in international markets, mainly in Europe. For ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... to you from people higher up in the supply chain. This is really how the carbon price will filter down throughout the economy. One of the really key, important, things that I think about both categories of cost is how are they going to be assessed and ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... which is right at the gateway to Ipswich, will inspire more energy efficiency work in the CBD to support Ipswich's local economy." The building had a zero star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) result in January 2011, but it ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... pledge and it is quite unequivocal. This will not be a walk in the park, because in the Australian context, with a growing economy, it represents a reduction of some 25-30% against us doing nothing, business as usual. "Australia's target represents a ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
A carbon-constrained economy presents long-term disruptive change to the business environment that requires innovation to respond with long-term strategies seeking opportunities with new business models, according to Sanjay Sharma, dean of the University ...