Carbon uncertainty as risky as high prices

Regulatory uncertainty over carbon policy poses almost as many risks for ASX 200 companies as high prices do, according to the latest statement from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which reports back to more than 700 institutional investors.

The lack of certainty around the Coalition government’s plans to repeal the carbon tax scored almost as highly in terms of risks assessed by ASX-listed companies as did high prices, CDP found in a study carried out before the federal election.