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Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... emissions. From July 2015, the system will transfer to a cap and trade market based system. When first passed, government legislation had also established a "collar" - a floor price for permits at AU$15. This had been a highly contentious figure given ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... producing inputs to these technologies. 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. The government also announced that Heidrick & Struggles ...

City of Melbourne EUAs extended to include property trusts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... superior value." The state of NSW also has EUAs in place, while South Australia is considering whether to adopt the legislation as well.

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 ...