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New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... corporations (MNCs), said Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation at CDP. "[For example], the recommendation about carbon pricing - many of the leading companies are using internal carbon pricing and CDP has published work about that, noting that ...

Carbon Trade Exchange sells EU arm to EEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... products. Having a balanced scorecard of voluntary and compliance products is key for us." Although the removal of the carbon pricing mechanism in Australia meant the end of this country's compliance market, the voluntary market in Australia is still ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... threshold is anticipated to cover around 140 businesses. That is a significantly lower figure than under the previous carbon pricing mechanism. Under the previous CPM, around 350 entities were liable, said Elisa de Wit, climate change partner at Norton ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Financial and the Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL), Combet said that the Abbot government's repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and the passage of the Direct Action Plan is a higher cost approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which has ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Three months after the repeal of the previous Labor government's carbon pricing mechanism, the Abbott government passed its Direct Action Plan (DAP) with support from the Palmer United Party and ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... featured new commitments by corporations and institutional investors to advance climate change action through a global carbon pricing regimes among other policies. Pegan and fellow panellists Jose Manuel Entrecanales, chief executive officer of Acciona ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... already internalising environmental, social and governance factors into their financial analysis, such as shadow carbon pricing integrated into long-term revenue and cost models and issues such as community dissatisfaction, labour relations and environmental ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... three types, followed by economic, with environmental co-benefits ranked third." Although Australia's mandatory carbon pricing mechanism has been abolished, under policy proposals by the Abbott government, Australia could convert to a voluntary carbon ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... changes to the target only added to the already uncertain environment of investment. The lead up to the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and its subsequent abolition has had a marked impact on investment in renewable energy projects. Investment ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Even though the government has repealed the carbon pricing mechanism, they have retained the CFI. The government plans to use the CFI as part of its yet-to-be legislated Direct ...