The Victorian State Government’s Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability has published a report following a strategic audit of the implementation of Environmental Management Systems within Government Departments, Sustainability Victoria and the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority for 2013/14. The results of the annual strategic audit are required...
There has been a lot of focus on the drought in California, and while this is understandable due to the potential future implications of such an event, some of the world’s largest companies are also becoming increasingly concerned about the potential impact of extreme weather...
China has already announced that its Carbon Dioxide emissions will peak by 2030, and they intend the peak to be reached earlier. They also intend to increase the share of energy use that non-fossil fuels contribute to approximately 20% by 2030. The joint agreement between...
In its submission to the Abbott Government’s review of post 2020 emission targets, the Australian Industry (Ai) Group has estimated that the cost of Australia having to play “catch up” and match the emission reductions proposed by the United States and the European Union could...
More than 450 delegates from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) met this week in Montreux Switzerland to develop emissions reduction targets that will be announced in Paris in December this year. Representatives from companies worldwide attended with a notable exception- Australia.Delegates met...
In a first for Australian States, the Government of South Australia and the City of Adelaide have signed key international climate change agreements that will assist the monitoring of greenhouse gas reduction targets and tackle climate change. The Compact of States and Regions and Compact...
In its 518 page Economic Action Plan, the Canadian Government let by Prime Minister Stephen Harper did not mention climate change once. Canada is the world’s 9th largest emitter of Carbon Dioxide, and Opposition MPs have strongly criticised the omission. The Harper Government removed Canada...
Microsoft has announced the results of the first three years of internal carbon pricing and a related carbon investment fund, and they are impressive. The pricing commenced in July 2012 following Microsoft’s decision to adopt a carbon neutral strategy for its global data centres, offices,...
Vancouver, a city of 600,000 people on Canada’s west coast is the latest city to commit to running on 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transport. Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer stated “there’s a compelling moral imperative but also a fantastic economic case to...
Professor Peter Doherty, an Australian Nobel laureate of medicine, has revealed that his peers at a sustainability symposium in Hong Kong have expressed their dislike of Australia’s stance on climate change in the lead up to Paris in December, telling him that Australia is “very...
