Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia's biggest emitters

Australia's largest listed, carbon intensive companies say management lost focus on carbon matters, abandoned energy projects and didn't have the commercial imperative to produce long-term strategic action on reducing emissions after the carbon tax was repealed, new research finds. Our research looked at the comparative views of emitters before and after the repeal of the carbon tax legislation, in interviews with 18 senior managers from nine carbon-intensive listed companies.