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The international Science-Based Targets initiative has approved emissions reduction targets adopted by Frasers Property Australia for all its building assets.

• EPA issues prevention notices to council and quarry
  
• NT EPA launches waste prosecution
  
• Coca Cola Amatil joins sustainable business group
  
• Super fund achieves carbon neutral certification for six sites
  
• EPA releases new waste collection systems guide

• Coal freight company to earn carbon credits
  
• State offers land carbon projects up to $750,000
  
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning a key source of emissions

• Huge growth in NABERS-rated shopping centres, offices and hospitals
  
• Queensland agency secures penalties totalling $5.1m: Annual report
  
• Queensland issues new hazardous waste regulation

Property company Stockland plans to install an extra 12MW of solar PV, issue new sustainability guidance to suppliers, and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

Rio Tinto plans to earn carbon credits through improvements at its Queensland alumina refinery, and Melbourne City has abandoned plans to create them from a lighting upgrade.

• Safeguard Mechanism creates 'serious risk' of rising emissions, says AGL
  
• Australia's emissions 'highest on record', says carbon consultancy
  
• Origin on track for 25% renewables by 2020
  
• Australian property companies back new global 'zero carbon' pledge

• Court issues $570,000 in penalties to company and directors
  
• Fonterra works with farmers to cut carbon emissions
  
• GPT adopts 'net zero' target

• Victoria changes definition of combustible recyclables and waste
  
• Convention will make mercury lamps 'stranded assets', lighting expert warns
  
• Crown Casino to earn credits from replacement trigeneration project

Property group Dexus will gradually replace gas boilers with electric heat pump and solar thermal technologies, says its new strategy paper on achieving net zero emissions by 2030.