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Carbon Prices, Air Quality and NZ Tech

Carbon Prices, Air Quality and NZ Tech

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    The big news this week was the release of an additional seven million units into the ETS to help curb escalating prices. The extra allocation was a published reserve and is “borrowed” from future allocations. Despite the release, prices remained high and aren’t expected to drop materially in…

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Networking, Conference and Surplus Milk?

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      It’s been another full-on week for international, local and CEP news. Starting off close to home, we had a couple of great networking events this week enjoying excellent turnouts at both Wellington and Auckland. Numbers were boosted by members of the Young Energy Professionals Network and Sustainability…

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New Board Member for CEP plus International News

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Kia ora, In internal news, we can report CEP has a new Board member, Jason Bretherton of WSP. As you’ll all know one Board seat is occupied by a representative of our Senior (Foundation, Gold and Silver) Corporate Partners. Until recently, the position was held by Emma-Kate Greer…

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ETS, Climate Response and a Biodegradable Skyscraper

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins    Normally, we try to avoid duplicating stories that find their way into the mainstream media but this week there is good reason to reference a couple. There was an interesting story in Stuff this week about the ETS pricing cap. If you haven’t seen it, here’s a link.…

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Targets, the EV Market and Living Bricks

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      Well, we’re certainly back in action. There have been numerous events and information sessions this week on the back of the CCC draft advice and the return of Parliament. One interesting snippet (from Minister Woods) from a session on Thursday was that the Government’s manifesto target of…

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Deadlines, Deliveries and a Brave New World

News from CEO – Mike Hopkins      Arguably, the best news of the week is that the Climate Change Commission has extended its submission deadline for comment on its draft advice by two weeks to 28 March. With the weight of documentation to digest, that was welcome news to many of us. For a…

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