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Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change exacerbating extreme drought, flooding and other impacts which harm the country's ability to sustain food production, but climate change also presents opportunities for investment in sustainable agricultural solutions. Understanding humanity's ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner's code of practice will help investors identify modern slavery risks from the production of key components. The draft currently under development will be published in December 2023 and will be open for public comment ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Decarbonisation is central at Incitec Pivot, but the company itself resides in the hard to abate industrial sector due to its production of ammonia for products such as agricultural fertiliser and for explosives, Durand noted. "It's hard to abate ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... governed by an ethical and impact investment policy and an impact framework. Its negative exclusions include fossil fuel production, weapons and armaments, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, deforestation, human rights violations and unethical corporate governance. ...

ARENA backs hydrogen electrolyser startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... efficiencies close to 75% (52.5 kWh/kg)," ARENA said, which has the potential to reduce the cost of renewable hydrogen production. "If delivered at scale, these reduced input costs will help lower the levelised cost of hydrogen, making renewable hydrogen ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... International Maritime Organisation caps at.5% in shipping fuels. Last year analysis put carbon emissions from the production and transportation of LNG at up to ten times that of pipeline gas. Woodside and LNG Japan Corporation have entered into a non-binding ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon intensive fossil fuels like thermal coal. Exclusions were also stated to apply to companies involved in alcohol production and gambling. The regulator alleged that the Sustainable Plus options had investments in companies involved in industries ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investment magnet for capital that will unlock technology such as battery storage, wind and solar generation, green hydrogen production and more electric vehicle chargers across New Zealand." Recent government data found the renewable share of electricity ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... goals, and also provide economic benefits. New research to be published in September's issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production finds economic growth can be encouraged by following a revenue-neutral policy and redirecting the carbon tax revenue into ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... actively block climate action. The asset managers assessed collectively hold 2.8 times more equity value in fossil fuel production companies ($880 billion) than green investments ($309 billion). Globally, the percentage of asset managers demonstrating ...