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Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... spurred business innovation to reduce energy and carbon emissions with minimal economic impact, but the uncertainty about its future post-election has delayed further investment across all sectors, according to a survey from Businesses for a Clean Economy. ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... determine the price that Australian liable entities would pay. Currently, a European carbon unit trades for around EUR6. The future of the ETS is highly dependent on the results of federal parliamentary elections on 7 September. Whilst Rudd's Australian ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... not be in place by the time the auctions are due to commence in February/March 2014. As stipulated under the Clean Energy Future Act, from 2015, there will be an absolute limit on emissions from the country's most emissions-intensive industries. The ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... accompanying the report's release. " It is critical for metals and mining companies to integrate water in their current and future business strategies in order to develop more resilient business models that offer long lasting investment cases."

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "We need to make these payments in the long term to help people to plan their long term enterprise management around future conservation." The Midlands Conservation Fund is part of a broader Tasmanian Midlands Conservation project between Bush ...

Two directors stepping down at Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... enormously from his skills and experience," said Chairman Steve Gibbs in a statement. "We wish him the very best for the future."

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... lowered consumer costs. They would be enabled by the Australian energy regulator allowing network businesses to share in the future savings of avoided network infrastructure in order to recover investment in Demand Management, the CEFC said. "This scoping ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a proposal to bring forward the start of the floating emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. The proposal would end the fixed price on carbon a year early and catalyse liable entities to organise their ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is in "active discussions" with over 50 project proponents, according to CEO Oliver Yates. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC officially began investing in 1 July, but Yates previously told The Sustainability ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... introduce tracking error into portfolio returns, and raises the possibility that an investor may miss out on the sector's future outperformance," Impax said in the report. "So, as a replacement for MSCI Energy, we modelled the performance of the MSCI ...