The Business Council is reviewing 'all aspects' of its energy and climate policy, and the Australian Industry Group says Zali Steggall's climate Bill offers hope for common ground.
There is widespread agreement among businesses that Australia's climate policies are too weak, and plenty of common ground on how they should be improved, a new survey shows.
Speaking on behalf of global business associations, the Australian Industry Group's Tennant Reed has told UN climate negotiators to take bolder action, and the EU has warned that laggards could face border penalties.
A new report from the Clean Energy Regulator says the RET and the ERF have delivered 51 million tonnes of greenhouse gas abatement this year, and anticipates the schemes will soon be closely intertwined.
Less than 10% of business executives are in favour of the federal government using hoarded 'Kyoto' carbon credits to meet Paris Agreement emissions targets, according to a new survey by the Carbon Market Institute.
Western Australia's EPA today proposed that proponents of major projects take all reasonable and practicable steps to avoid, reduce and offset their direct emissions.
The offshore petroleum industry regulator should be stripped of any responsibility for checking how companies intend managing greenhouse gas emissions, says the association representing upstream oil and gas businesses.
Rewarding big emitters with carbon credits for out-performing their Safeguard limits could play a role in reducing emissions, but the system would have to be carefully structured to ensure its integrity, say industry experts and business groups.