Australia: “Ai Group welcomes the appointment of Ms Kay Gardiner as Queensland Gas Commissioner,” Ai Group Queensland Director Matthew Martyn-Jones said.
“Ms Gardiner has a track record of working well with industry and the community in the energy sector and more recently in her senior role at the Queensland Water Commission.
“In her new position she will [...]

Australia: In relation to today’s climate change policy announcement by the Prime Minister, and expected further policy announcements by opposition parties, the following comments are below.
“Ai Group’s strong climate change policy principles have been further developed and were released in detail this week. Our input to whatever process is set up by any incoming government [...]

UK: One of the biggest events on the local business calendar will see firms chipping in for charity in more ways than one.
The NSPCC Annual Golf Day, which is being organised in partnership with the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, is taking place on Wednesday, September 22.
This year, the teams of four will be [...]

Victoria, Australia: The Victorian Government’s Climate Change White Paper, ‘Taking Action for Victoria’s Future’, is ambitious and predicated on certain assumptions, including a carbon price.
“This is an ambitious plan and underlines that tackling climate change can’t be achieved with a silver bullet,” says VECCI CEO Wayne Kayler-Thomson.
“Several initiatives target renewable energy investment and expansion which [...]

Victoria, Australia: According to the latest VECCI-Commonwealth Bank Survey of Business Trends and Prospects, Victorian business conditions moderated over the three months to June 2010.
The survey showed business confidence continues to fall as Victorian businesses face a decline in profitability, resulting from low sales, discounted selling prices and rising labour costs.
The VECCI Business Sentiment Index [...]

Victoria, Australia: According to the latest VECCI-Commonwealth Bank Survey of Business Trends and Prospects, regional business conditions softened further over the three months to June 2010, but continued to hold up relatively well compared to the experience of metropolitan businesses.
Whereas lower selling prices contributed to a more prominent decline in profitability for metropolitan businesses, regional [...]

Arlington, VA – American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President and CEO Kevin M. Burke released the following statement after the U.S. Senate approved by Unanimous Consent the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act (H.R. 4380), a measure to immediately reinstate job-creating trade benefits previously known as the Miscellaneous Tariff and Trade Bill.
“I applaud the Senate for [...]

Arlington, VA – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding President Barack Obama’s commitment to double U.S. exports by 2015. Responding to a call for comments on the National Export Initiative (NEI), AAFA highlighted a ten-step plan that can help make the NEI’s goal of doubling [...]

Australia: Neither major political party has a policy on something that affects every Australian, every day – food and groceries, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said.
Highlighting that Australia’s $100 billion food and grocery industry is four times larger than the automotive sector and employs 315,000 people including more than 150,000 in regional Australia, [...]

Australia: Scott Driscoll, National President of the United Retail Federation, has cited the recently released Deloitte Index report* that has analysed the effects of the Gillard Mining Tax showing how seriously damaging the tax could be for the Australian economy.
“The report explicitly states that investments will move off shore and create massive uncertainty in the [...]