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Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... (ASIC) have signed an agreement outlining how they will manage regulatory responsibilities under the forthcoming carbon pricing regime. The CER administers a number of the mechanisms set up under the Clean Energy Future legislative package including ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... service contracts with greenhouse gas compliance requirements and to fulfill obligations under the forthcoming carbon pricing mechanism. "We have had a long and trusted relationship with PKF," said Iain Smale, Pangolin Associates' joint managing director. ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon risk strategies. He said the firm is seeing an uptake in enquiries for both services as the date for the carbon pricing mechanism's launch draws nearer. "There's a certain amount of fear out there," he said. "They think a change of government ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... strongly advised the discussion attendees to create company explanation for price rises that can be attributed to carbon pricing and to have the evidence to justify those price increases, not only because of the ACCC's increased scrutiny, but also because ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... moves of governments around the world to mitigate their impacts means that Australia's renewable energy target and carbon pricing regime is not an outlier, and also means that investors must manage the financial impacts of climate change, said Gerry ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... usage regularly. In their annual Fund Sustainability Review 2012, SuperRatings found that the introduction of the carbon pricing regime in July is spurring a drive towards sustainability in investments and operations by superannuation funds. Despite ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Performance Management is already in the Australian market, and proving increasingly popular with the advent of the carbon pricing regime, which launches in July. The carbon pricing regime is leading other research and development initiatives to provide ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... models. " Thus, for Australian companies that are entering an era of carbon constraints through the forthcoming carbon pricing regime, the biggest challenges are to develop the design and change mechanisms that can respond to the long term signals. "The ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... additionally help develop CFI methodologies, which farmers can implement to generate carbon credits under the government's carbon pricing regime. The projects were funded under the Biochar Capacity Building Program, a part of the Government's Carbon ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... tandem with other pieces of the Clean Energy Future legislation, including the Renewable Energy Target and the carbon pricing regime. "By working with the market to build industry capacity, the panel believes the CEFC can deliver on this challenge," ...