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UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... world. The fund has developed a shadow carbon price for the top 50 companies or unlisted assets where the fund feels carbon pricing could be a significant risk. "Our expectations of our 50 largest Australian investments include a proactive approach to ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... rest of the Clean Energy Future legislation, despite former Prime Minister swearing a "blood oath" to repeal the carbon pricing mechanism. https://www.fssustainability.com.au/businesses-addressing-climate-change-as-strategic-risk During the 2021-2022 ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... leapfrog the emissions-intensive economic development trajectories of industrialised nations." Given the nature of carbon pricing and carbon markets in Australia, businesses should ask a number of questions relating to integrity and their carbon offsetting ...

New Forests increases California forestry holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Our institutional clients see the value managing forests for financial returns from both sustainable timber and carbon pricing, while positively contributing to climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and local communities. New Forests plans to manage ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... zero future economy, the federal government should mandate more stringent and consistent reporting, re-introducing carbon pricing, and reforming the carbon credit systems. Stringent and consistent reporting is necessary for stakeholders including investors ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... would be a carbon price, but noted that neither the Coalition nor Labor had policies or appetite to introduce a new carbon pricing regime. "That means we are left in a second best/third best/fourth best world of sectoral specific policies," she said. ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... could make it compliant with the current rules under the World Trade Organisation. A CBAM would need to show that carbon pricing for the raw material or product is equally applied to EU producers or third party exporters to EU, said Andrew Hedges, a ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... of the US implementing a price on carbon. "I think we're under the Biden administration we are going to see carbon pricing coming thru as a prominent policy option which is pursued, and this will create interesting questions in Australia with regard ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... calculated that the cost of of producing green hydrogen needs to be reduced significantly "between now and 2030 so that carbon pricing at a politically acceptable level can make green hydrogen competitive with grey hydrogen." He notes that the European ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... open markets," Petesen said. "There has been emerging negotiations post-Paris in relation to key areas such as carbon pricing, nationally or regionally, and the role of the Addis Adaba - Agreement on Financing Sustainable Development and related green ...