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Inghams, Nestlé, Dairy Australia and Marks & Spencer are among the supporters of a new water stewardship tool that shows companies how to best manage water on-site and through their supply chain.

NAB, Iluka Resources, Orica and Adelaide Brighton are among five Australian companies newly classified as global leaders for their efforts to decouple revenue growth from natural capital impacts.

NAB co-funded a study to identify Australia's biodiversity hotspots and is using it to help landowners to adjust their farming practices, says the bank's executive director of finance, Mark Joiner.

• Commbank meets carbon target
  
• Iron ore mine to pay wildlife conservancy $80,000 annually
  
• New panel to guide implementation of WA mining reforms

• Australia falling short in global sustainability stakes: BCA
  
• CEFC provides $75m for waste coal mine gas and landfill gas projects
  
• Australian and Californian carbon regulators sign MOU

Undertaking a cumulative impact assessment is challenging but, as companies contemplating projects at Queensland's Abbot Point deepwater port discovered, do it right and the benefits can be substantial, according to consultant Peter Hemphill.

The Government now estimates the carbon price will drop to $12.10 when the scheme switches to its trading phase in mid-2015, has left a key clean energy grant program untouched, but has slashed support for the coal industry.

• Election means companies should move by May on clean energy grants
  
• Regulatory impact statement imminent for EEO expansion
  
• EPBC ruling sought on CO2 storage research in Browse Basin

• Approval delay costs hard to quantify, concedes Mineral Council
  
• Orica issues new sustainability report
  
• SA citizens strongly back expanded container deposit scheme

• Coal miner signs $1.8 million BioBanking agreement
  
• IBM reports big HVAC energy savings
  
• New carbon credit rules finalised
  
• New Zealand clarifies trading scheme changes