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Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has welcomed an announcement that Australia and the European Union will link their carbon trading schemes from July 2015. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The announcement by Minister for Climate Change and Energy ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... retired as chief executive of the Australian Industry Group. She is also a member of the Business Roundtable on Climate Change, the Prime Minister's Manufacturing Taskforce, the Prime Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery, the National Workplace ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... from Hunter Gatherer on Vimeo. Kimmorley presents this interview, one in a series of discussions with UK-based climate change economics and business experts in The UpSide: what next for a sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ranging ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of natural capital dates back to the 1970s and gained prevalence in the 1990s, the realisation of the threat of climate change has pushed the issue further up the agenda for many organisations. In recognising the ecosystem as part of the supply chain ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... retired as chief executive of the Australian Industry Group. She is also a member of the Business Roundtable on Climate Change, the Prime Minister's Manufacturing Taskforce, the Prime Minister's Business Taskforce on Flood Recovery, the National Workplace ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Capital Management. Skarbek is the executive director of ClimateWorks Australia. She previously as vice president at Climate Change Capital, a specialist investment manager and advisor firm, and also as a senior policy advisor to the Victorian deputy ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors globally are conducting climate change risk assessments of portfolios, with 26% making changes to their investment strategy or decision-making as a result, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Perceived risks to Australia like climate change, inadequate R&D investment, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility present opportunities to the country, and not just threats. James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Climate change is the top perceived risk to Australia, with inadequate R&D investment, flooding, storms and cyclones, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility also figuring in a list of top 10 risks based on their likelihood of happening ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... of the journal Climate Policy. Kimmorley presents this interview, one in a series of discussions with UK-based climate change economics and business experts in The UpSide: what next for a sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ranging ...