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Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government is considering introducing a carbon tariff on carbon-intensive imports such as steel and cement to level the playing field for Australian business that are incurring costs to decarbonise their products. If Australia introduces ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... committee recently endorsed the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which would initially apply a carbon cost to products sold into the EU including steel, cement, chemicals and fertilisers, eventually extending to all commodities and ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the price component from existing prices, de Wit added. That task is easier for companies where products have direct carbon cost elements and where products are sold directly to customers than for products with wider retail distribution. "It depends ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... interim period. "What we're advising clients is that they should review their contractual arrangements, including their carbon cost pass-through agreements and forward carbon credit purchase agreements, to determine whether the repeal of the scheme and ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia)," the report said. "BHP's Illawarra mines are particularly 'gassy' (~0.5 t/t, mainly fugitives), implying a carbon cost of $10- 25/tonne of coal at a carbon price of $20-50/t. Any repeal is likely to have a minimal effect on both companies." ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have released three reports analysing the impacts of climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... have assimilated the legal requirements of the legislation and have also reviewed contracts to establish issues like carbon cost pass-throughs. "From my perspective by and large the clients we deal with are fairly well prepared for the carbon pricing ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... increases to negotiate the extent of the price pass-on. "If you make a claim that your prices are going up because of the carbon cost, you'd better be able to justify it," she said. "Now, people that you contact with will also be digging in to justify ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... their business for 2015, and will be looking to buy carbon units much earlier than that in order to firm up their carbon cost.... We do not know yet how the floor price on international carbon permits will be calculated and imposed. Although these units ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreement for Melbourne property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has signed its first-ever Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) to fund a AU$400,000 retrofit of a building that will result in a reduction of approximately 170 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The EUA was signed between the ...
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