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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 ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... to implement a carbon emissions pricing mechanism and transition to a lower carbon economy. "The imposition of a carbon price will significantly impact the Australian economy and potentially poses long-term risks for business," said Russell Thomas, Finsia's ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... pay for a company by a small amount. If you look at an industry that's a high emissions industry and you assume a carbon price is coming in and one company is better set up relative to its peers, then it may just influence when you run a discounted cash ...