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Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions by 2020 are 5% lower than 2000. Liable entities emitting more than the cap will have to surrender carbon offsets to the Clean Energy Regulatory to offset those emissions. The Coalition government led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Tribe. There have been a couple more FCP project registrations since then, and at this point, we have over a million carbon offsets issued. These are really strong signals that the market and framework that California set up is working." New Forests ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... an international standard to "enable widespread acceptance of a co-benefits approach" to increase the value of carbon offsets. Net Balance defines co-benefits as "direct positive outcomes (social, environment and economic) associated with an offset project ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions through a range of energy efficiency and waste reduction measures, and by purchasing and cancelling carbon offsets to bring total emissions to zero. Among those measures include a solar PV system to provide power for energy efficient ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Clean Technology Program grants, and with businesses working with the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) voluntary carbon offsets scheme, McDonald said. Quantum Power is a developer, owner and operator of power stations generating electricity and co-generated ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions, taken steps to reduce these, and committed to offset remaining emissions by cancelling carbon offsets. "We are committed to operating a business with a social conscience, and making our range of ethical products accessible to ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... markets to offset domestic liabilities, an attractive proposition as at the moment European markets are pricing carbon offsets at around â,¬5 (around AU$6.14 as of publication). However, under the legislation, liable entities must make up the difference ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and firms are looking to source, originate, and trade those offsets to meet that demand. To those professionals, carbon offsets begin to resemble a commodity or a currency - tradable, able to be securitized and a source of potential return to participants ...
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