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RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... played a critical role in leading the debate on issues including the financing of Australia's low carbon economy, carbon pricing, forestry and resources. He previously worked as director and senior economist for Economists at Large, and senior investment ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. Heidrick & Struggles had been engaged to assist the CEFC board with finding the CEO. See Also: Responsible investment ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon price can be a driver of business opportunities - 35% said so. This is lower than 2011, where 56% said that carbon pricing is a driver of opportunities, but the CDP said this drop could be an indication that companies are adopting a "business ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Companies should be assessing the full range of strategic options of response to the carbon pricing mechanism, and not doing so is as risky as doing nothing at all, according to a new Ernst & Young report. Many businesses have implemented the processes ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... "Linking to the larger and more established EU ETS will give more clarity to investors on the longer term direction of carbon pricing without the policy design uncertainties that can be created by questions over the duration of a price floor," said Nathan ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. The government also announced that Heidrick & Struggles has been engaged to assist the CEFC board with finding the corporation's ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... survey was performed in March 2012, after the passage of Australia's Clean Energy Future Act, which put in place a carbon pricing regime that commenced in July. "We have some good leadership in Australia," Birgden said. "There are also groups like the ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... in the west of the country, and is also influenced by the political debate surrounding the introduction of the carbon pricing regime in July. The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based report produced by the ADC Forum in collaboration with KPMG. The ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Ahead of this weekend's launch of the carbon pricing mechanism, investors and corporate advisors say that they are confident that liable companies are aware of their exposures and have plans to manage costs for the first stage of the carbon pricing ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... methodologies are under consideration. At the moment, there are no approved projects generating ACCUs, and the carbon pricing regime doesn't start until July 1. Industry professions in the project development fields are reporting that while they have ...