Carbon Price
With broad reaching legal and economic implications, the carbon price will create unprecedented risks as well as opportunities. Our experts identify the big issues and discuss long-term strategies for tackling the carbon price.
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Carbon Pricing Mechanism - Industry Assistance
Various sources of financial assistance will be available for the industries that are expected to be the hardest hit by the Carbon Pricing Mechanism.
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Carbon Pricing Mechanism - Renewable Energy and Clean Technology
The renewable energy and clean technology sectors will receive a substantial boost under the Government’s climate change plan.
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Mechanics of the Carbon Pricing Mechanism
The Carbon Pricing Mechanism will commence on 1 July 2012, with around 500 companies required to acquire and surrender carbon permits.
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Securing a Clean Energy Future – what the Carbon Pricing Mechanism means for business
With the introduction of a carbon price imminent, businesses should now be assessing the impact that it will have on their activities and taking steps to prepare for its introduction.
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Green Marketing: a win-win for business?
The introduction of the carbon price in Australia, coupled with the Australian Consumer Law replacing the Trade Practices Act, has businesses reconsidering their approach to green marketing. Find out how you can minimise your risk.
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Carbon Price Claims
How can businesses who make claims about the impact of the carbon price, avoid making misleading or false claims about the price of goods or services in breach of the Australian Consumer Law?
Melbourne
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Carbon Price Legislation introduced into Parliament
A number of significant changes have been made to the Bill since the exposure draft was released in July this year. This article highlights a number of key changes that impact on the operation of the CPM.
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Greenhouse gas reporting - the Carbon Pricing Mechanism triggers changes to NGERS
Various changes to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) are proposed to accommodate the carbon pricing mechanism and streamline existing reporting obligations. Have you reviewed and assessed the implications?
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Green Marketing: a win-win for business?
The introduction of the carbon price in Australia, coupled with the Australian Consumer Law replacing the Trade Practices Act, has businesses reconsidering their approach to green marketing. Find out how you can minimise your risk.
Carbon Price Claims
How can businesses who make claims about the impact of the carbon price, avoid making misleading or false claims about the price of goods or services in breach of the Australian Consumer Law?
What cost a carbon price? ACCC oversight of carbon claims
The ACCC will be closely scrutinising business’ claims about the impact of the carbon price. What claims are likely to raise issues?
Carbon Price – reason enough to consider offshore IT infrastructure?
IT is an integral part of all business, as well as our every day lives. With running costs anticipated to rise, how will the carbon price affect the industry and what does it mean for your organisation?
Passing on the cost of the Carbon Pricing Scheme – what does your service agreement allow for?
Frequently used cost “pass-through” mechanisms in services agreements are change in tax and change in law provisions - but these may have limited application in service agreements between data centre service providers and their customers for a number
Carbon pricing & your IT Infrastructure - What to do now?
Customers of Australian data centres should review the terms of their service agreements, and consider the extent to which their service providers may be entitled to pass on additional operational costs.
The Carbon Price – Impacts on Australia's mining industry
The largest polluters in the mining sector will be directly impacted by the Carbon Price, but the flow on effects will be felt by the entire industry.
Carbon Price. Be Prepared.
Partner in Charge of our Melbourne Planning, Environment and Local Government group, Beverly Kennedy, talks about the implications of the carbon price.Related News
ACCC tasked with preventing carbon price exploitation
8th August 2011The ACCC will form a new 20-person team dedicated to tracking down and punishing companies who attempt to make false or misleading claims about the impact of the carbon price on their prices.