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ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental groups, local council and Chamber of Commerce around ESG issues such as climate change and impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. "While on the trip it was apparent that environmental problems at the Gladstone harbour due to dredging activity ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... projected to produce around three million cubic meters of debris, which would be dumped on the seabed near the Great Barrier Reef, the report noted. The projected environmental threats have galvanised opposition from groups including the Australian Greens ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... usable way. "We are probably a lot closer to looking at discrete pieces such as water or the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef - rather than an entire system of ecosystem accounting," said Karen McWilliams, head of business policy and sustainability ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and statistical data to allow the scientific community to monitor the health of coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. "As an insurance company, Catlin helps clients manage the risks they face," said James Burcke, group head of communications ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... value of small things like the willingness of our society to accept regulation or to risk changing jobs, or the Great Barrier Reef, or artesian water, or the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb the greenhouse gases we emit. So, if any of these assets ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Parramatta Mission, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, the Property Industry Foundation, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, STREAT and the South Coast Wolves football club. Additionally, the company reported that 64% of employees volunteered ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Other finalists in the category included the Catholic Education Office Diocese of Wollongong, Hayman Island Great Barrier Reef, the University of Sydney and Maddocks. Additionally, National Australia Bank was recognised for outstanding EEO practice for ...
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