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Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Direct Action Plan legislation that passed the Senate this week contains amendments that will extend the contract period for abatement activities and establishes a safeguard mechanism, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... place now, and from a practical perspective, Australian companies that do business with companies subject to the UK legislation now have to answer questions about their anti-corruption policies. Because they work into the supply chain of a UK organisation ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... expanded to include commercial property in the US, and currently, 30 states and the District of Colombia have PACE legislation in place. In the US, there have been 168 commercial projects completed with a value of US$33 million, according to PACE Now ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... generally respond," Hagart said. "It seems boards and investors have, together, used the changes to termination payments legislation to drive down the aggregate costs to shareholders of executive departures. An important parallel effect has been better ...

Australian Forestry Standard releases supply chain standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... logged timber, or face prosecution and heavy fines," AFS said. "Businesses must comply with the various illegal logging legislation that's coming in," Stanton said. "There's the EU Timber Regulation that's been in place in the [European Union] for the ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... recent move by the Philippines to increase their tax on tobacco, or the risk that developing countries will adopt legislation similar to Australia and other companies, curtailing advertising or moving towards plain packaging. Further risks include litigation ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... longer exists. Most are unlikely to have a plan to survive." "The carbon price [was] repealed on 17 July 2014 but legislation to implement the Emissions Reduction Fund is not likely to be considered until late August 2014 [and it] will have an impact ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Action Plan that pays entities to engage in mitigation and adaptation activities. The government has published draft legislation to repeal the CPM and released terms of reference for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), which is the main funding vehicle ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... assets and the income from them can be negatively impacted by the physical impacts of climate change and climate change legislation, then trustees should be factoring in those risks in their investment and divestment decisions. That's where the due diligence ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...