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Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Grant Anderson The Federal Parliament passed the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 on 23 August. The legislation serves to implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... result in the cost of a three-bedroom house rising by less than AU$1,000. Mirvac is not directly liable under the draft legislation, and the company estimates that total impacts for FY2013 will be AU2.8m based on estimated electricity and gas consumption ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... extraction process, according to a briefing from the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). If passed, the legislation will see a carbon pricing scheme from 1 July 2012, starting with a fixed carbon tax of AU$23/ton of carbon dioxide, increasing ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... are considered. Climateworks points to a list of potential abatements associated with major programs in the proposed legislation. For example, the Carbon Farming Initiative could potentially abate 39m tons of carbon emissions, while the National Energy ...

ACCIONA to develop NSW wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Desalination Project, the AU$450m Waubra Wind Farm and the AU$160m Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm. See Also: Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... "That's sound economics, nothing strange about that. With the focus on energy efficiency and sustainability through legislation, tenants and rental prices, reinforce the assumption of information into the market. One way or the other, non-efficient buildings ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... assistance and earnings impacts," said Michael Salvatico, Vice President at MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. Under the legislation proposed by the Gillard government, a carbon tax scheme would start on 1 July 2012 at a fixed price of $23/tonne CO2-e, rising ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The government has released the draft legislation necessary to implement its carbon tax regime. The Clean Energy Legislative Package is seen as a "faithful" implementation of the policy articulated on 10 July by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But one ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... solutions are without prejudice to the possible need to reinforce certain requirements at EU level by including them in legislation rather than making recommendations." The CSA strongly recommended that the EU avoid a stringent governance regime with ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... area of anti-corruption, the bank stated: "Our Global Anti-Bribery policy is based on Australian and international legislation and best practice, including the Transparency International & Social Accountability International 'Business principles for ...