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EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... plan means that companies are reluctant to make more than the minimum investment required to comply with existing legislation, said Mathew Nelson, EY climate change and sustainability leader. "There is no question that the uncertainty is making a difference ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... a fixed price period, currently priced at AU$24.15/tonne of CO2 emissions. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has proposed legislation that would bring back the transition to a flexible market-based emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. Australia is ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... lower amount of 6.25% instead of the 12.5% obviously applies to the first year," de Wit said. As proposed in the draft legislation, liable entities will be able to use eligible international emissions units - including European Union Allowances (EUAs) ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and indirect emissions categories of ISO16064-1, according to guidance from the British government accompanying the legislation's passage. Companies will not have to report on scope 3 emissions, "However, you should consider reporting these separately ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... time. Either the government will have to respond very quickly to the report, or they're going to have to work off the legislation at the moment for the caps, which has a long term trajectory of 5% by 2020. That's potentially doable, but in terms of the ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... cap on pollution and it helps to manage/insure that targets are actually met." Under the current Clean Energy Future legislation, Australia's carbon pricing mechanism will be a fixed price of $23/tonne of CO2 emissions generated by liable entities until ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... and some oil and gas producers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of a repeal of Australia's carbon pricing legislation after the September federal election. Headed by Elaine Prior director/analyst carbon, environment and ESG at Citi Investment ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... standards for Canadian extractive companies and Switzerland said it was also considering the possibility of similar legislation. "The rest of the world is acting on mandatory disclosure, and with the announcements from Canada and Switzerland, Australia ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... increases transparency around governance and social responsibility. The Australian government will shortly introduce legislation amending taxation law that will permit the disclosure of how much large listed companies pay to the Australian government ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... safe harbour provision to their business judgment rule as pertains to forward-looking statements. Despite calling for legislation permitting a safe harbour provision, CSA does not support making IR a mandated reporting structure for listed companies. ...