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The Commonwealth Bank has set new emissions reduction targets, and says using NGER and EEO data allowed it to cut by 75% the cost of conducting carbon 'due diligence' investigations into projects seeking finance.

Shell's external advisory committee on sustainability reporting has urged the company to explain how it can claim to support carbon pricing, when it belongs to industry bodies that don't.

AGL's latest sustainability report warns new high-emissions power plants risk becoming stranded assets, and says investors now pay far more attention to the emissions profile of its businesses.

Carbon pricing is only one way to deal with climate change – but it's the best way, says BHP Billiton in its sustainability report released today.

Seminars coming up around Australia over the next few months will cover topics including environmental compliance, energy efficiency, bioenergy, carbon and water management at mines.

The way in which global top-500 companies report their greenhouse gas emissions is potentially misleading, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project, which also shows that linking executive pay to emissions reduction leads to improved performance.

Orica's company-wide "project sustain" initiative will tie executive remuneration to environmental performance and lead to the organisation being viewed as an "exemplar" in sustainability management, CEO Ian Smith told shareholders at Orica's AGM this morning.

Fewer ASX200 companies are concerned about carbon price risk and more are taking action on energy efficiency, says a new Carbon Disclosure Project analysis that praises companies including Qantas, Virgin Australia, Wesfarmers and Woolworths for improved information sharing practices.

Orica and Incitec Pivot will be among the first listed companies to include the value of emissions and permits in their financial reports when they release their full-year results next month.

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