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Ken Henry to speak at ACCSR annual conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... industry-level approaches in stakeholder engagement in driving innovation, chaired by Allan Hansard, advisor to the Australian government in the Tasmanian Forest Intergovernmental Agreement process, former CEO of the National Association of Forest Industries ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The government is consulting with stakeholders on regulations to establish surrender charge for international carbon units that liable companies could purchase to offset carbon emission liabilities. Brokers say that the government must select a policy ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment, the Low Carbon Finance Working Group (LCFWG) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is engaging with the government on the set-up and design of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), the AU$10bn institution that will provide ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... undertook a review of asset classes to determine their climate change risks, including the introduction of the Australian government's carbon price in mid-2012. "To better understand this carbon risk we commissioned the global carbon consultancy Trucost ...

Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The government has made four appointments to the Energy Security Council, a body established as part of the Clean Energy Future legislation to advise on measures to address energy security risks. Ross Bunyon, Nancy Fox, Stephen Parbery and Michael Perry ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... with international operations will need to review their anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies if the Australian government removes the "facilitation payments" defence from laws. David Luijerink, KPMG forensic partner In November, the government released ...

CSIRO: engagement increases wind farm development approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... alternative energy resource and the fact that the update and installation of windfarms is ostensibly slowing, despite the government's Renewable Energy Target, which seeks to provide 20% of energy in the country from renewable resources. "Potential reasons ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... assets?" This sort of disclosure provides comparable information, Vamos noted, which is one of the stipulations of the government's Stronger Super reform, particularly the MySuper products, which will be introduced from 2013 and will have a single, diversified ...

ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... report. "In a given supply chain these are likely to include a mix of lack of transparency in the supply chain, weak government capacity to implement laws, inappropriate retailer purchasing practices and prevailing cultural attitudes. Unless we work ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... have read about the market disruptions we saw out of Indonesia," Jackman said. That was partly impacted by Indonesia government in quarter 1, but most significantly around May and June when we saw the Australian government impose the live export ban ...