30 Second Survey - Climate Change
The Australian Government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is an issue that is affecting the Queensland business community now. However, the degree to which Climate Change and the ETS is impacting on business remains largely unknown.
To gain a better understanding of this important issue, CCIQ recently conducted a 30 second survey. The results are available below.
1. Do you think that there is enough information available to you to enable you to determine how climate change may affect your business and the best way for your business to respond to climate change?
2. Do you think that climate change (or measures introduced to minimise climate change) will have an impact on your business?
| Yes |
68.4% |
| No |
8.7% |
| Not sure |
22.8% |
3. If you answered yes to Question 2, what do you think the overall impact on your business will be?
| Positive – the benefits will generally outweigh any costs |
17.4% |
| Negative – the costs will generally outweigh any benefits |
82.6% |
4. Are you developing strategies and plans to reduce the risks and/or to capitalise on opportunities that may arise for your business in the future as a result of climate change?
5. Have the risks associated with climate change (or climate change mitigation strategies) influenced your firm's investment decisions?
6. The Australian Treasury has estimated that electricity prices will increase by around 18 per cent in response to the introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. What impact is this increase likely to have on your business?
| Minimal impact – energy is not a major cost for my business |
23.5% |
| Minimal impact – my business will be able to pass the cost through to customers |
10.0% |
| Moderate impact – it will have a significant adverse impact on business profitability |
23.0% |
| Major impact – my business will need to reduce its employment levels to offset the additional costs |
10.3% |
| Major impact – my business will need to reduce its investment in order to offset the additional costs. |
22.5% |
| Critical impact – the increase will threaten the viability of my business |
10.3% |
7. Do you regard the implementation of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as a new tax?
8. Should the Federal Government delay passage/implementation of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation until there is a global agreement reached at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit December 2009?
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