The slower introduction of the full effects of the ETS is welcome but National’s Environment and Climate Change Policy announced today would impose too much additional cost on businesses and households, says BusinessNZ Chief Executive, Phil O’Reilly.
Emissions Trading
Carbon cost issues still a concernpositive light
Slowing down the implementation of New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme would be a good move, says BusinessNZ.
NZ & Australian carbon schemes not apples with apples
Opinion piece by Phil O’Reilly, CEO BusinessNZ and John Carnegie, Manager Energy, Environment & Infrastructure
Caution needed in reacting to Australia’s carbon policy
BusinessNZ is today releasing a report exposing reasons for exercising caution in making assessments about the relative stringency of Australia’s carbon pricing policy versus the NZ ETS.
Lack of global market hampers New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme
New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme would be fit for purpose if there was a deep and liquid global carbon market, but the existence of such a market is increasingly unlikely in the medium term, says BusinessNZ.
Right Questions Needed in NZETS Review
Asking the right questions is vital in the review of NZ’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS), says BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly.
Cancun: Success or Failure?
John Carnegie, BusinessNZ’s Manager for Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, is a member of the NZ Government’s official delegation to the international climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico where he reports on progress at the Cancun conference.
Action needed on ETS improvements
Opinion piece by Phil O’Reilly, CEO BusinessNZ on the Emissions Trading Scheme.
What we should do about the emissions trading scheme
The Government has made it clear that we are going to press ahead with the emissions trading scheme.
ETS now requires constructive work
BusinessNZ says in light of the Government’s clear decision to proceed with the emissions trading scheme, business should now constructively assist in making the scheme fit for purpose.
New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme
Brief overview of the key aspects of New Zealand’s revised emissions trading scheme (NZ ETS).
The subsidy myth
Analysis of Sustainability Council claims in ‘ETS: Bill to a Future Generation’.