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Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... positive environmental outcome. Now more than ever it is important that these businesses be rewarded for the greenhouse gas abatement they deliver." The project will prevent approximately 37,000 tonnes of emissions from two years of waste diversion. ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... on the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) and will establish an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) to provide incentives for abatement activities. The CFI is integrated into the DAP, and Net Balance believes that it is timely to define a co-benefit standard ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities, and co-financing institutions offer the potential of earning financial returns for governments and delivering abatement at negative costs, Fabian said. In later testimony, CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent noted that the CEFC had invested AU$536 ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Action Plan (DAP) for liable entities to cut carbon emissions will provide real opportunities for businesses to engage in abatement activities, according to analysis by EY. The Liberal coalition government has said its climate policy's main objectives ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... co-invested in projects valued over $2.2 billion. "These investments should achieve 3.88 million tonnes CO2-e emissions abatement annually," the CEFC said in a statement accompanying the release of the annual report. "This abatement is achieved at a ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... question that the uncertainty is making a difference in the way that companies are investing or seeking to invest in abatement technologies," Nelson said. "There is no certainty on the existing policy framework, so companies are concerned about doing ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Association, Australia. "Most favoured the positive approach of a market based scheme - it does achieve the lowest cost of abatement, and particularly if it's internationally linked, that, for some companies that are emissions intensive, trade exposed ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... appears to avoid placing liabilities on companies. However, we have reservations about whether the stated volume of abatement, and therefore Australia's emissions reduction targets for 2020, can be achieved at the stated cost. The Coalition's intent ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Direct Action plan, and its main policy initiative is the Emissions Reduction Fund, which would be used to purchase abatement. The Coalition says it will retain the Carbon Farming Initiative, but without a domestic market, its role is unclear. "The main ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... government and manages an AU$84.6m investment fund which provides finance to improve energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement in the property and industry sectors. See Also: Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch Q&A with Meg McDonald ...