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LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... the portfolio." Certificates can be sold for between AU$25-$30 per certificate, based on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions are saved, Churchill said. The energy savings certificates are viewed as a source of added return, rather than a central component ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Future legislation commenced from July of this year with a three-year fixed price on carbon of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions, transitioning to a market-based pricing mechanism from 2015. Fabian attributed the 12% drop in identifying carbon as a risk ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... remains committed to unwinding the legislation establishing the three-year fixed price period of $23-per-tonne of carbon emissions and the transition to a flexible market for carbon permits after 2015. The government has just issued a discussion paper ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... businesses should consider across the fixed price period, where carbon is priced at a rate of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions, as well as the flexible trading period that commences in 2015. These options could benefit businesses cash flow as well as ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... reduction in carbon emission based on 2008/2009 levels by 2013. The bank reported 147,124 tonnes of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in 2011-2012, down from 170,688 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the 2010/2011 financial year. CBA said its top ...

Rann steps down as chairman of Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Kingdom. Martijn Wilder, a director of Low Carbon Australia and head of Baker and Mackenzie's global climate change and emissions trading practice has been appointed the new chairman. "Mr Rann's guidance and assistance in the company's negotiations with ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... consistent with the direction that China is taking to become the green superpower of the world. China will have seven emissions trading schemes that have to be in place by the end of next year. That is what has been directed by the government for those ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... physical damage and repair, interruptions to supply chains and operations, and insurance and reputational damage. "As emissions and temperatures rise, so do the costs of adaptation and the risks of getting it wrong. For a global temperature rise of less ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... uncertainty around viability and performance of energy technologies and how the future pricing of externalities like carbon emissions might impact on those. Physical impacts include things such as extreme weather events, rising sea levels and increased ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers reported decreases in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use, and a fall in lost time injury frequency rate, as well as increases in water consumption and declines in community contributions in its 2012 sustainability report. Wesfarmers' ...