Category Archive for "Topics" | Getting to Sustainability

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September

FactCheck: does Australia have too much electricity?

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By Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne

We have 9,000 megawatts (nine big power stations equivalent) of excess capacity in electricity generation … We have more than 15% overcapacity in generation in Australia - Industry minister Ian Macfarlane, ABC Radio, September 9.

Capacity and supply

In electricity markets, “capacity” is used to describe the total potential technical.

5
September

Special Report on the US Green Retail Decisions Innovation Summit

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Each year, the US based Green Retail Decisions Innovation Summit brings the retail sector together in search of greener business models. Although, the Green Retail Decisions Innovation Summit is an exclusive invitation-only event for retail industry senior executives and leading industry suppliers, a special report has been compiled which provides an overview of the summit.

5
September

It’s time for local governments to prepare for extreme heat waves

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By Lawrence Yu, JHA Consulting Engineers

4 September 2014: With round one of the Building Resilience to Climate Change program currently open in New South Wales, it is the perfect time for local government to prepare for future extreme heat waves by investigating possible upgrades for their.

5
September

Australia leads the world in Green Building

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Romily Madew[/caption] 4 September 2014: The Australia and New Zealand real estate market is the world’s greenest, according to the latest Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). The report, which analysed data from 637 listed property companies and private equity real.

31
August

EY acquires Net Balance to form the biggest sustainability practice in Australia

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27 August 2014: Net Balance has announced that it is joining EY’s climate change and sustainability services group. The result will see the combined team become the biggest sustainability practice in Australia working with clients across the public, private and not for profit sectors. [caption id="attachment_3306" align="alignright".

20
August

From the Reef to the RET: the politicisation of environmental science in Australia

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By David Holmes, Monash University The future of Australia’s climate and respect for environmental science stand to be the biggest losers in all of the forms of class-mobilised politicisation that are impacting Australia currently. Somewhere between the vocation of politics and the vocation of science, Australia has lost its way – to the point where.

30
July

Risky Business Report finds significant economic risks from climate change

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New York, June 24 – The American economy could face significant and widespread disruptions from climate change unless U.S. businesses and policymakers take immediate action to reduce climate risk, according to a new report released today. The report, “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States,” summarizes findings of an independent.

1
July

ESG reporting – the next evolution of investment in sustainability

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As of 1 July 2014, the Australian Stock Exchange expects listed companies to report on their ESG risks - environmental and social governance. The following is a speech by Green Building Council of Australia chief executive Romilly Madew on environmental, social and corporate governance, which was presented to the August IPD breakfast series in Sydney.

5
June

Green Star Building opens at Swinburne University

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June 2014: Swinburne’s innovative new Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre (AMDC) is open for use and allowing students to collaboratively work and learn in an environmentally friendly space.

With floors one to six, including classrooms, laboratories and café-style lounge recently open‌ing, Swinburne’s second 5-star Green Star building,.

2
June

Despite industry brave face, fossil fuel divestment starting to bite

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By Blair Palese, 350.org 29 May 2014 — A recent article in the Australian Financial Review suggested that the fossil fuel divestment message is falling on deaf ears in Australia, the backyard of the coal industry, despite significant wins internationally. A survey, commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia, the peak advocacy body representing mining companies such.

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