Business Roundtable on Climate Change
The Business Roundtable on Climate Change brings together leaders from across the Australian economy including the mining, transport, manufacturing, energy, retail and finance sectors.
The Roundtable serves as a forum for the Gillard Labor Government to hear the views of business and discuss the future of the Australian economy, focussing on how to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions in a way that delivers sustainable growth, maximises productivity and supports jobs.
Like the Gillard Labor Government, business recognises the need to tackle climate change to ensure long term investment and competitiveness.
The Business Roundtable includes companies, which employ approximately 380,000 people in Australia and generate annual revenues of $225 billion, as well as peak industry groups. The Committee is expected to meet regularly until the end of 2011.
Members of the Business Roundtable include:
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peter Anderson
- National Australia Bank, Cameron Clyne
- BHP Billiton, Hubrecht (Hubie) van Dalsen
- Investor Group, Nathan Fabian
- National Farmers’ Federation, Ben Fargher
- AGL Energy, Michael Fraser
- Qantas, Alan Joyce
- Origin, Grant King
- Lend Lease, Rod Leaver
- Woolworths, Michael Luscombe
- BlueScope Steel, Paul O’Malley
- Energy Supply Association of Australia, Brad Page
- Rio Tinto, David Peever
- Shell, Ann Pickard
- Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout
- Business Council of Australia, Maria Tarrant
- Woodside, Don Voelte
- Clean Energy Council, Matthew Warren
- Toyota, Masahide (Max) Yasuda