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MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... in the EU and Liberty in North America A majority of companies in Asia Pacific and Europe are tracking their carbon emissions or energy consumption - 58% in Asia Pacific, and 75% in Europe, while only 20% of North American companies are doing this, MSCI ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Future legislation commenced from July of this year with a three-year fixed price on carbon of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions, transitioning to a market-based pricing mechanism from 2015. Fabian attributed the 12% drop in identifying carbon as a risk ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... remains committed to unwinding the legislation establishing the three-year fixed price period of $23-per-tonne of carbon emissions and the transition to a flexible market for carbon permits after 2015. The government has just issued a discussion paper ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... businesses should consider across the fixed price period, where carbon is priced at a rate of AU$23/tonne of carbon emissions, as well as the flexible trading period that commences in 2015. These options could benefit businesses cash flow as well as ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... uncertainty around viability and performance of energy technologies and how the future pricing of externalities like carbon emissions might impact on those. Physical impacts include things such as extreme weather events, rising sea levels and increased ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... metering to improve data quality." Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers managing director, identified human capital and carbon emissions as material issues to the business' operation in a statement opening the report. In terms of carbon emissions and the introduction ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia, the aquatic centre plant is expected to help the council avoid approximately 1000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually, while the energy saving measures at the other three buildings were expected to avoid approximately 200 tonnes annually. ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... drop a controversial floor price that had been intended to establish a price of no less than AU$15 per tonne of carbon emissions (CO2-e). The price floor would have mandated companies using non-domestic offset units that cost less than AU$15 pay a "top-up" ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... developing and deploying those technologies, and for support for small and medium-sized mines to prepare for carbon emissions abatement strategies. "This support package is about accelerating the development of abatement technologies and processes to ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... EUR 7.5tr in assets under management. Buildings are responsible for 40% of final energy consumption and 36% of carbon emissions in the EU, IIGCC found. Implementing existing technologies such as better insulation, efficient lighting and heat recovery ...