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.
Five carbon offset providers offer an outstanding product, according to rankings released by Choice, the Total Environment Centre and the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Twelve others are rated good and three adequate.
About half the complaints about green marketing are made by competing firms, according to ACCC commissioner John Martin. Meanwhile, the Total Environment Centre says it should be mandatory for ads making green claims to include supporting evidence.
If you want maximum value from your energy auditor don't restrict them to searching only for short payback projects, News Ltd's environment and climate change manager Tony Wilkins tells CE Daily. And don't let them get away with anything less than a comprehensive, detailed analysis of opportunities across your business.
Is your chief financial officer still reeling from the dawning realisation of the scale of your company's carbon liabilities and the huge challenge involved in keeping proper and timely account of them?
No wonder. Chances are the way your company currently collects greenhouse gas data won't cut it when trading starts.
CE Daily talks to Ernst & Young's Lorraine Stephenson about the complex task of integrating greenhouse gas data with traditional financial data.(plus audio)
There is still a tendency to indulge in 'trophy cabinet' reporting on sustainability and climate change, despite dramatic improvements in the quality of reporting, says Colonial First State's Amanda McCluskey.
Meanwhile, the Carbon Disclosure Project sets out best practice measures to encourage supply chain reporting of emissions and carbon strategies.