Sustainable Business Update Issue 16
July/August 2008
Garnaut Climate Change Review Released
| Rudd Government's Green Paper Delivered
|Nelson's shift on emissions trading
| Government wants Renewable energy in 2020
|Australians happy to dig deep for pollution reduction
| What do companies think about climate change?
| David Suzuki spells out the taxing issue
| Banksia Awards Announced
| G8 Summit fails to impress
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 15
June 2008
The rise and rise of socially responsible investing
| Emissions trading could face delays
|Consumers demand a "greener" way of doing business
| The 2030 Greenhouse dilema
|Seeking for sustainability
| World food, low availability and high prices
| A summary of carbon capture and storage
| The Rudd Government's clean coal target
| Living sustainably, Australians aren't walking the talk
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 14
May 2008
Sustainability at the 2020 Summit
| Victorian Climate Change Summit Paper
|National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting System (NGERS)
| Green cars and the FBT
|Green audits on the rise
| Carbon windfall for coal towns
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 13
March 2008
Release of the Interim Report of the Garnaut Review
| Business needs more information about climate change
| Carbon trading explained – Penny Wong speaks to the AIG
| The ACCC Green Marketing and the Trade Practices Act guide
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 12
February 2008
Kyoto Protocol Update
| Interim Emission Targets
| ACCC looking into ‘greenwashing’
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 11
December 2007
Conference of Parties Meeting #13 – Bali
| Australian ratification of Kyoto Protocol
| Garnaut Climate Change Review
| Climate Change Impacts
| Global Environment Outlook – United Nations Report
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 10
October 2007
Federal Government announces ‘clean energy target’
| Some comparable renewable energy targets
| Victoria to stay with mandatory energy efficiency program
| The VicSuper Carbon Count
| Environment Business Australia sets ‘Targets for our future’
| Climate change in Australia
| Discussion Paper on ‘Abatement Incentives prior to the commencement of the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme’
| Environmentally aware companies attract the best
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 9
September 2007
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Bill 2007
| Indonesia upgrades the Bali CopMop meeting by inviting finance ministers
| Gen X to pay for emissions target delay
| Sustainability – the $12 billion business
| Industrial real estate going green
| Australian Business and Climate Group calls for National Low Emissions Technology Strategy
| Victorian Government to map coastline vulnerable to effects of climate change
| Sydney APEC Leaders’ declaration on climate change, energy security and clean development
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 8
August 2007
Australia’s Climate Change Policy, our economy, our environment, our future
| CPA Australia calls for standards on emissions reporting
| UN principles for responsible investment
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 7
July 2007
Climate audit scheme to hit business
| G8 agreement on climate change
| China to limit loans for polluting firms
| Chief Sustainability Officers
| Global warming key trans-Tasman issue
| Desalination plants for Victoria and NSW
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 6
June 2007
The Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading
| Global initiatives on climate change
| States push for mandatory carbon emissions reporting
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 5
May 2007
China's Climate Change Assessment Report
| US Supreme Court rules that the US EPA has power to act on polluting gases
| US - NY Times and CBS poll on climate change
| Increased cyclone activity impacts on business
| Australian tourism to assess impact of climate change
| New Zealand liability under Kyoto Protocol understated by NZ$1 billion
| Green buildings on the rise
| Carbon offset smokescreen
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Focus on Climate Change 2
April 2007
Sir Nicholas Stern in Australia
| Australia to lead the World: Global Initiative on Forests and Climate
| South Australia strengthens climate change legislation
| Submissions to the PM's Task Group on Emissions Trading
| Stern Review debate/update on their website
| Upcoming Events relating to climate change and finding solutions
| SBP launches climate change seminars
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Focus on Climate Change
March 2007
Emissions trading – some recent developments
| Centennial Coal – the Anvil Hill case
| IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
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Focus on Water
Feburary 2007
Climate change and water – the drought debate
| The National Plan for Water Security
| Water storage levels
| Current water restrictions
| Desalination
| Water recycling
| Tiered pricing of water for Victorian business
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Sustainable Business Update Issue 1
December 2006
Emissions reductions and renewable energy targets
| CoAG Reporting of emissions | Emissions Trading
| Legal Developments
| Carbon Disclosure Project
| CEDA Climate Change conference
| The Stern Review
| Australia State of the Environment Report 2006
| The Energy Futures Forum
| ABARE Report on climate change policies
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