Murray Goulburn Co-Op can cut its 2020 non-farm greenhouse gas emissions by 'at least' 25% using a three-part strategy, the company's sustainability manager Patten Bridge said today.
Qantas is developing a 2020 alternative fuels target and is starting to favour a broad-based emissions tax over a trading regime, chief risk officer Rob Kella said today.
Lend Lease has made new submissions to a Senate inquiry to bolster the case for legislation that would establish an energy efficiency trading scheme for commercial buildings, but the Property Council says there is a better way.
CE Daily trawls through Carbon Disclosure Project responses, released in New York overnight, and looks at how Australian companies are gearing up for the new climate policy regime. Plus, which companies responded – including Boral, AMP and News Corporation – and which didn't – including Nufarm, St George Bank and Fairfax.
We all know what emissions trading means at the policy level, but what about the nuts and bolts of being a company involved in emissions trading?
Few businesses have as much trading experience as energy giant BP, which has an emissions trading desk that services the company and some key customers. And few within BP are better placed to talk about it than Mark 'I love trading' Proegler. CE Daily asks for the low-down on how companies should get ready for the world of trading. (plus audio)
