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WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... of the ETS is highly dependent on the results of federal parliamentary elections on 7 September. Whilst Rudd's Australian Labor Party supports the ETS and the Australian Greens also support a price on carbon emissions, the opposition Liberal Coalition ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... to end the carbon pricing mechanism as one of his top priorities. The Green Party, a key supporting bloc that helped the Labor Party pass the Clean Energy Future legislation in this term of parliament, have said that they do not support ending the fixed ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... shareholders and investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). Bill Hartnett The statement comes as a response to the series of accidents in Bangladeshi garment ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions generated by liable entities until July 2015. However, last week when Kevin Rudd was elected by the Australian Labor Party as leader and then re-established as prime minister, he indicated that he was willing to listen to business calls to ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the earliest that a Coalition government could get a bill passed by the Senate would be July 2014, unless the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and/or the Greens capitulate on the issue. "We view this as very unlikely," the Citi report said. "Instead, we ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... government's Clean Energy Future legislation, including the carbon pricing mechanism. But Yates notes that both Coalition and Labor agree that Australia need to transition to a low-carbon economy, and that the pathways to reaching that goal differ. "The ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... outcome of the 14 September federal election. Prime Minster Julia Gillard will keep the regime in place if the Australian Labor Party is returned to power, while the leader of the opposition Liberal coalition, Tony Abbott, has sworn a "blood oath" to ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... than you thought, as will the workforce. The reason is the reduced desired family size in increasingly urban populations. Labor productivity (and hence production and GDP) will grow, but at an ever-slowing pace - because of problems with resource depletion ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... distributors of news and content, media companies can shape the way the public thinks about issues like climate change or labor conditions," said Ernst Ligteringen, GRI CEO. "Coverage bias resulting from ownership and advertising has arguably left the ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... a country's status with respect to various values- and mission-based issues and controversies including child or forced labor and armed conflicts, and whether the country is a party to international conventions related to endangered species, biological ...