Be alert, SMEs told on emissions
The small business section of the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting Be alert, SMEs told on emissions.
Small and medium businesses will be “seriously disadvantaged” if they expect to avoid the impact of the Federal Government’s emissions trading scheme.
The Australian Institute of Management issued the warning after the release of the Government’s green paper on its carbon pollution reduction scheme.
The institute said many small and medium enterprises had been misled by the green paper, which says the scheme will cover only 1000 of Australia’s 7.6 million registered businesses.
AIM Victoria/Tasmania chief executive Susan Heron said many large organisations had plans to ensure SMEs right along the supply chain had certain carbon standards in place as a requirement of doing business.
This is what we call ‘virtual compliance’. Companies at the top of the emissions food-chain will inevitably force emissions reduction down their supply chains through changes to their procurement policies that emerge as a direct result of their own emissions reduction planning. — DS
