Legacy Emissions removed from landfill
19 May, 2009SITA welcomes the announcement that the federal government has removed Legacy Emissions caused by waste landfills from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
Australia's CPRS now delayed
05 May, 2009The Australian Federal Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was changed yesterday in response to pressure from businesses affected by the recession. It will now be delayed by one year to be phased in from July 2011. Other changes included: improved compensation for heavy polluters and trade-exposed industries; the price of carbon will now be fixed at $10, reduced from $20; and the rate of greenhouse gas reduction required will be 25% of 2000 levels by 2020, if the world agrees.
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme 'flawed'
24 April, 2009Caltex supports an emissions trading scheme but says proposed CPRS is flawed.
National Waste Policy Consultation paper released
21 April, 2009Environment Minister Peter Garrett has released a consultation paper — A National Waste Policy: Managing Waste to 2020 for public review and comment.
Greenhouse law changes mean new projects could face ban
24 March, 2009New projects like factories and pulp mills could be banned if they have a large carbon footprint under mooted changes to environment laws.
Calls for uniform voluntary national emissions reporting standards
19 March, 2009An engineering and environmental adviser has called for a set of uniform voluntary national emissions reporting standards to guide the development of emissions reporting by companies lying outside mandatory reporting regimes.
Greens, Coalition agree on CPRS Senate Inquiry
11 March, 2009The CPRS Senate Inquiry, to be conducted by a new Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy and reporting back on May 14, will examine the choice of emissions trading as a mechanism, the relative contributions of complementary measures to emissions reductions, the environmental effectiveness of the proposed targets and whether the scheme would appropriately transform the economy.
Release of CPRS exposure draft legislation
11 March, 2009Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong has released exposure draft legislation and explanatory materials for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme guidance paper released
02 March, 2009The Department of Climate Change has released a guidance paper for the assessment of activities for the purposes of the emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) assistance program under the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
Guidance paper on the emissions assistance program
24 February, 2009Institute supports paper on emissions assistance program and points out tight reporting timeframe.
Commerce Commission releases guidelines on green claims
04 December, 2008The Commerce Commission has released guidelines to businesses that make environmental, or ‘green’, claims in their marketing.
FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series expanded
19 November, 2008FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, has expanded the FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series with the addition of nine new indices.
Initiative to support goals of global sustainability
12 November, 2008ASTM International has announced the formation of ASTM Committee E60 on Sustainability. This new standards development initiative results from the cooperative efforts of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and cross industry stakeholders who share mutual goals for global sustainable development.
Latest version of quality management standard to be released
11 November, 2008The International Standards Organisation (ISO) is set to release the latest version of the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Standard, amid speculation it has been aligned with ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Standard.
Sustainability principles for building construction sector established
10 July, 2008The ISO 15392:2008 standard establishes internationally recognised principles for sustainability in building construction.
