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Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... that companies haven't done the preparation necessary." Corporates have assimilated the legal requirements of the legislation and have also reviewed contracts to establish issues like carbon cost pass-throughs. "From my perspective by and large the clients ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... emissions from 2013, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced. The British government will introduce legislation bringing in the new regulations from April 2013. The Carbon Disclosure Project welcomed the news, and recommended that the ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... activities, potentially including the Carbon Farming Initiative, appear to have more bipartisan support." Under existing legislation, when the pricing mechanism transitions to a market trading system, the government has imposed a price floor of AU$15/tonne. ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... against the revised Principle 3 in the first annual report after 1 January 2011, or by their 2012 report. Meanwhile, legislation is working its way through Parliament to have similar reporting standards for all companies with more than 100 employees. ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... - some have "gone cold", but Bocskay said he expects "a number" to sign EUAs in the near future. "With the amended legislation coming into force on July 1st we expect some of those cold leads to warm up again," he noted. The challenge for the fund has ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... provide for the Australian national Registry of Emissions Units. Any of the emissions units created as a result of the legislation and mechanisms are considered financial products, regulated by ASIC. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability and climate change from 2006 until 2001. The South Australian government passed Australia's first climate change legislation under his leadership, and earlier this year Rann was appointed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Kate Phillips, a senior associate at Baker and McKenzie outlined liable entities' obligations under the clean energy legislation. For the first three years from July, the carbon price mechanism will be a fixed price of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions. ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... technologies. The report acknowledged that the CEFC will work in tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. "By working with the market to build industry capacity ...

CSA warns on timing of undirected proxy vote legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Chartered Secretaries of Australia (CSA) is not confident that the government will be able to pass legislation that will clarify the right of a company chair to vote undirected proxies on a remuneration report resolution. Under current law, company ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

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The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

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Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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