15 May 2013: The Sydney Morning Herald reported the Energy Efficiency Council criticising the Government for their bizarre move to save a few million dollars by closing the Community Energy Efficiency Program and Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program early.
To read the Sydney Morning Herald article entitled, 'Poor lose out in energy efficiency cuts' by Peter Hannam,.
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The National Sustainability Council presented Sustainable Australia Report 2013 to Minister Burke.
The report provides a picture of Australia - what we look like and who we are. It tells the story of how Australia has changed as a nation over the last 30 years.
Australians are living longer, our health and levels of educational.
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The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released The Sustainability Reporting Journey: Corporate Reporting in Australia – Disclosure of Sustainability Risks Among S&P/ASX200 Companies.
Chief Executive Officer of ACSI, Ann Byrne notes the profound impact that environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks have on the long-term viability of companies and their investors to achieve sustainable growth.
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By Marty Silk in the Courier Mail 4 May 2013
"The Great Barrier Reef is set to be named as a World Heritage Site in danger by UNESCO next month.
A long-awaited assessment of the reef by UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), released on Friday evening, says decisive.
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By Rachel Alembakis, 3 May 2013
The overall superannuation industry has not done enough to make investment decisions that take environmental, social and governance impacts into consideration, and it is not only possible but imperative to do so, two fund professionals said at the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference.
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By Roger Dargaville, University of Melbourne
To avoid 2 degrees of climate change, global carbon emissions will need to be reduced by at least 50% by 2050. For developed countries such as Australia with higher carbon emissions this will mean cuts closer to 80%: it essentially implies decarbonising the stationary energy sector in Australia..
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The Guardian's Damian Carrington says much of the Australia's coal reserves will be worthless if world's governments fulfil pledge to cap emissions, warns a new report as part of the Unburnable Carbon Project.
The report is authored by John Connor, one of the new report's authors and CEO of The.
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This week's sustainability media (w/c 29 April 2013) includes:
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- The Climate Commission's new report out this week: 'The Critical Decade: Global Action Building on Climate Change';
- The release of the AEMO report into 100% renewable energy scenarios ($200.
USQ Springfield has launched a new dual degree program, the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accounting and Sustainable Business (BSBC).
The four-year dual program is aimed at producing the next generation of graduates qualified to guide business through the process of becoming sustainable in terms of business practices, carbon emissions and energy management.
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