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City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... city's commercial building owners and high-rise apartment residents to reduce water and energy usage and manage waste and recycling and Cr Wood also pointed to initiatives such as the 1200 Buildings program and environmental upgrade agreements as means ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... internal to an operation and can be used to benchmark water efficiency. It provides consistency around what we define as recycling and reuse. That is more useful for internal use." In 2011, the MCA board of member companies decided to adopt the phase ...

ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... experts." The policy will see ANZ commit to supporting lending customers in adopting cost-effective water use efficiency, recycling and reuse initiatives and to work with the communities impacted by hydroelectric infrastructure projects. "Through the ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... issues. The company's portfolio does look to invest in companies involved in environmental protection, clean energy, recycling, water and waste management, education and healthcare. "The portfolio is weighted towards stocks in the financial services ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... governance - Japan doesn't weigh well on governance issues, either. There are some issues where it does do well -things like recycling, their efficient use of resources, but then they're very vulnerable on how they get their energy. Q: The green bonds ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... SuperRatings. "You see action on both sides of the coin - internally, funds are increasingly implementing decisions such as recycling and reducing energy consumption, and externally, funds are engaging with their service providers and establishing sustainability ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... north-west of Melbourne. The Melton plant's biogas cogeneration facility uses methane emissions generated from the water recycling process to power the Class A Recycled Water Plant's operations, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. "The plant ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... the Brisbane River and diverting over 9 tonnes of waste per year from landfill through a use of shredding, comingled recycling and composting of organic material. The firm also includes corporate social responsibility as a category in performance reviews ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... was 19,327 tonnes and landfill waste was 22,339 tonnes. For 2012, the company has set targets to achieve operational recycling waste for managed tenant waste of 50%, a 4% increase over 2011's 46%, and to "achieve a 'closed loop' and resource sensitive ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... energy usage and developed a sustainability strategy. The strategy focuses on reducing waste to landfill, increasing recycling, increasing the use of recycled products, reducing use of consumables and paper and introducing new technologies to reduce ...