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Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon price announcement delivers both." IGCC CEO Nathan Fabian said. "This scheme gives the market a transparent carbon pricing framework for the long term." IGCC also highlighted the setting of a 2050 emissions reduction target and maintaining five ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... significant impact on the overall assessment. The fear is that it would be diluted." However, with the impending carbon pricing regime that is anticipated to come to Australia, funds must have processes ready to manage the exposures that they will have ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
A four-year delay to the start of a carbon pricing regime in Australia would cause an additional AU$2.5bn of additional costs to the electricity sector for both investors and energy users, according to a study commissioned by the Investor Group on Climate ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... face to avoid dangerous climate change." In the report, Australian respondents were concerned about the lack of carbon pricing system and a less certain regulatory environment, although there is an increasing focus from investors on policy advocacy and ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... analysis of nine of Australia's major trading partners by the Productivity Commission concludes that establishing a carbon pricing mechanism is a more efficient means of reducing consumption than other schemes that raise the explicit and implicit costs ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... structure to address financial risks. Our financial markets couldn't be better positioned to provide an appropriate carbon pricing mechanism." The Finsia report points to Australia's institutions as the strong foundation onto which a carbon trading scheme ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... for three to five years and then transition to an emissions trading scheme thereafter. The architecture of the carbon pricing mechanism was negotiated by the government and the Green party members of the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee (MPCCC). ...