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Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The government's carbon price package could help Australia achieve a greater than expected reduction in greenhouse gas emission by 2020 if successfully implemented, according to research from ClimateWorks Australia. ClimateWorks Australia's analysis ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and estimate assistance for a broad set of EITE industries and companies, and to estimate the net impacts of the carbon price on company earnings, having taken this assistance into account. In total, we have estimated assistance and earnings impacts ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... of gateways which would set the maximum and minimum caps for those 10 years, so that's 15 years of certainty about carbon price. But the government is not talking about gateways now. Five years of price certainty is not enough when you're looking at ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... expected to be subject to the tax. From 2015, the scheme will convert to an emissions trading scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. Helga Birgden Having a concrete market signal allows superannuation ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... expected to be subject to the tax. From 2015, the scheme will convert to an emissions trading scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), an industry ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
PUMA announced the initial results of its developing Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) Account to great global interest. The sporting and apparel manufacturer has committed to establishing an economic valuation of the company's environmental, social ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... processes ready to manage the exposures that they will have in the portfolio, MacPhee said. "I think, with the impending carbon price [ESG] certainly does matter," he said. "The funds' attitudes and members' attitudes have shifted. What we're seeing ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... research by economic modelling firm SKM/MMA compared the costs of meeting a -5% emissions reduction target with a carbon price starting in 2012 versus starting the carbon price in 2016. A four-year delay would delay the switch from coal to gas for base ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... either encourage abatement or discourage emissions of greenhouse gases." However, the report acknowledged there is no carbon price equivalent that can capture the nature, amount, costs and results of the schemes. "What all schemes do have in common is ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... to put a price on pollution. Only a market mechanism does the job. You can have a first-rate modern economy and a carbon price, or you can have neither." Swan spoke at the Press Club in the continuing push to put forth the government's case for its Carbon ...