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Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... are ahead of the curve. "Leaders in sustainability realized several years ago that regardless of local or national regulations, the carbon dioxide content in our atmosphere will continue to rise and climate change will continue to disrupt weather patterns," ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... about methodologies, de Wit says that other questions deal with requirements for participation. She notes that the regulations around exclusion and meeting the additionality criteria have been simplified. The positive additionality test means that potential ...

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 ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... and governance, new prudential regulation standards from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, plus new regulations around the provision of financial advisory services, but said that the issues are on the horizon. "We have some fund clients ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... demonstrate the financial value to a company of behaving in a socially responsible manner, especially in a context where regulations may be less demanding than they are in developed countries, and where investments in community programs may seem expensive ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Broadbent, a board member of the Reserve Bank, the IGCC is also looking to contributing to the consultation around the regulations for permit allocation and auctioning process as well. "The next area of regulatory development for us will be the specific ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson, said that the focus of attention now would be on the promulgation of regulations to implement the carbon pricing regime. Within the jobs and competitiveness package, the allocation of free carbon credits ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... called "a little clunky" because new projects will only be able to be recognised as eligible under the CFI if the regulations are changed to include them. The proposed positive list includes projects such as establishing permanent plantings of native ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... can impact on drivers of risk and return, from climate change's impact on bottom lines and increased costs of carbon regulations, to companies' reliance on large, global workforces and the heightened exposure to labour disruptions across geographies ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... that the legislative package doesn't answer all questions, as many components to the policy must be translated into regulations and thus not covered by the package, and there is concern that parts of the assistance package to affected industries are ...