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Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... be directly impacted, in contrast with 52% of NZX50 companies reporting direct impact. New Zealand's emissions trading scheme has been in operation since 2008. The data for this year's CDP report was collected before the July launch date. At the time ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The recently published Australia in the Asian Century white paper is a roadmap detailing how Australia should navigate the opportunities and challenges of the rising wealth and development of the Asian region. Sustainable development is an implicit ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... market will provide a "more predictable, longer-dated price curve," the IGCC said. "Designing Australia's emissions trading scheme in a sound way for the long term is important for its integrity and effectiveness," Fabian said.

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Investors 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 ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the European Union, reducing exposure to potential increases in the price of carbon traded on the EU emissions trading scheme. The 415 companies fall into two segments. The first segment are 256 companies operating in sectors with an average of 4m tonnes ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon charge paid by domestic producers. BCAs are retained as policy initiative in the European Union's emissions trading scheme and in some US proposals, but because they are a trade measure, they would be covered under the World Trade Organisation ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Indonesia, Yemen and the US, noted that it is "well positioned" for the implementation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and the Australian carbon pricing package, which recently passed the Australian Parliament's lower house. AWE is liable ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... around 500 businesses are expected to be subject to the tax. From 2015, the scheme will convert to an emissions trading scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. IGCC said that any delay to introducing a ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... AU$23/ton of carbon dioxide, increasing by 2.5%in real terms per annum and transitioning to a market-based emissions trading scheme from 2015. Australia's carbon tax marks the first time that a major coal exporting country has introduced a price on fugitive ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... 5% p.a. in nominal terms in the second and third year. There would be a transition to a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme from 1 July 2015. The government has proposed EITE assistance in the form of free permits allocated to producers of a number ...