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ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a proposal to bring forward the start of the floating emissions trading scheme (ETS) to 1 July 2014. The proposal would end the fixed price on carbon a year early and catalyse liable entities to organise their ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... price trading period that begins in 2015. Originally, the legislation stipulated a floor price of AU$15/tonne. Currently, EU ETS credits are trading around EUR5/tonne. But even as there is lingering uncertainty over the future of Australia's carbon trading ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... was gathering information, 15% of ASX200 said they were participating in at least one emissions trading scheme, with the EU ETS being the most commonly cited. However, 27% of the ASX100 and 24% of the ASX200 said that they expect to be participating ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet their obligations no later than July 2018. "Linking to the larger and more established EU ETS will give more clarity to investors on the longer term direction of carbon pricing without the policy design uncertainties ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... this interview by Katerina Kimmorley of Professor Michael Grubb on 'What Australia has learned from the mistakes of the EU ETS" Grubb is chair of the board of Climate Strategies and he is a senior research associate at the Faculty of Economics in Cambridge ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has urged European Union ministers to consider changes to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to ensure its viability. The IIGCC, a collaborative body of investors representing EUR7.5tr in assets under management ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... function of the US$100bn Green Climate Fund. The fact that no international agreement was achieved leaves the future Australian ETS in limbo, because while the government had previously agreed to a 5% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, the door was left open ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... AWE is liable under its joint venture in New Zealand's Tui Field. In preparation for the implementation of the New Zealand ETS, AWE compiled an Emissions Trading Scheme Management Process, which established the data collection procedures and the reporting ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... significantly change the return potential from commercial property." However, Oliver noted that the carbon tax and eventual ETS will have an impact at the level of sector and stock selection. "Obviously the short term impact of the carbon tax on heavy ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Germany and the UK both participate in the European Union's cap-and-trade ETS that started in 2005 and covers power stations, combustion plants, oil refineries and iron and steel works and will be extended ...