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The Lion group's latest sustainability achievements include new ISO14001 accreditations, installing a cogeneration plant, conducting a company-wide water audit and selling 4.5 million litres of carbon-neutral beer.

OneSteel's first stand-alone sustainability report reports a significant cut in potable water consumption at its Whyalla steelworks – which is South Australia's largest water user – and says projects at its NSW operations allowed it to create and sell energy efficiency certificates worth $600,000 in 2009-10.

News Ltd has become carbon neutral, offsetting all emissions associated with fuel and power consumption and business air travel, chief executive John Hartigan has announced.

Murray Goulburn Co-Op can cut its 2020 non-farm greenhouse gas emissions by 'at least' 25% using a three-part strategy, the company's sustainability manager Patten Bridge said today.

CE Daily trawls through Carbon Disclosure Project responses, released in New York overnight, and looks at how Australian companies are gearing up for the new climate policy regime. Plus, which companies responded – including Boral, AMP and News Corporation – and which didn't – including Nufarm, St George Bank and Fairfax.

We all know what emissions trading means at the policy level, but what about the nuts and bolts of being a company involved in emissions trading?



Few businesses have as much trading experience as energy giant BP, which has an emissions trading desk that services the company and some key customers. And few within BP are better placed to talk about it than Mark 'I love trading' Proegler. CE Daily asks for the low-down on how companies should get ready for the world of trading. (plus audio)