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ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... competitiveness. Under the recently passed Clean Energy Future legislative package, AU$300m will be provided over four years to the steel industry with the "objective of encouraging investment, innovation and competitiveness in the Australian steel manufacturing ...

GRI and ISO agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the world's largest developer of voluntary international standards, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developer of the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework, have ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... planned assistance package, according to research from MSCI. Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries such as steel will feel a "negligible" effect, while aluminium smelters and refiners could see reductions in earnings before interest, tax ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Robinson. "The first is that the government hasn't yet released the legislation that it thinks is required to set up the steel assistance package. Second, a lot of details are left to regulations - in particular, the details of the Jobs and Competitiveness ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Union's cap-and-trade ETS that started in 2005 and covers power stations, combustion plants, oil refineries and iron and steel works and will be extended to the aviation sector in 2021 and petrochemicals, ammonia and aluminum in 2013. As of May 2011 ...

Diane Grady appointed to Macquarie board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... (1996-2010), Goodman Group (1997-2010), Lend Lease (1994-2002), MLC (1996 - 2002) and is currently a Director of Bluescope Steel Ltd. She was also president of Chief Executive Women from 2002 to 2004 and chaired the group's taskforce which published ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... issues, recently issued a report that looked at the sustainability reporting of 10 companies - ANZ, BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel, Coca-Cola Amatil, Foster's, NAB, Orica, Rio Tinto, Wesfarmers and Woolworths. All were found to fall short of meeting the ...
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