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Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... baselines, the main vehicle for offsetting those liabilities is through the purchase and surrender of Australian Carbon Credit Units [ACCU], rather than international carbon credit units. However, there are compliance mechanisms that allow entities to ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... market or the price of the eventual abatement. Because there will be uncertainty in the clearing price for Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) and there is no compliance market to support demand, some companies may not participate until there is more ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Future Super has one fund option - a balanced ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
With the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism passing through the Australian Senate this week, companies that were liable for paying for their carbon emissions will now begin the process of unwinding their arrangements and calculating how direct and ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... to 2020. The CFI would be retained under the DAP because it would provide a mechanism for generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that can be sold to the government for abatement purposes. There are mechanisms in place under the current CFI ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... reductions, and finally, SMF supports inclusion of "make good" provisions, allowing participants to use Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) "to address under-delivery of agreed emission reductions." Bocskay also noted that the government will also ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Kyoto-compliant credits to be generated and then sold overseas, although if the CPM is abolished, the proposed link between the Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) and the European Union's ETS would be severed. The exact breakdown of the types ...

Climate Friendly, Corporate Carbon Advisory in CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... new methodology was developed and approved by government, and the project was then audited such that Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) could be issued by the Clean Energy Regulator. Climate Friendly provides carbon management solutions to businesses ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reductions at reasonable cost." The IGCC notes that either 15% or 25% reductions by 2020 presents challenges for the Australian economy in that they would already incorporate existing emissions reductions from reduced energy demand, reclassification ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... government holds the majority in the House of Representatives, it does not hold the majority in the Senate, and the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens have said they will not support the repeal. Legal experts told The Sustainability Report ...