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Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... accomplishments in interim years between now and 2050. Bank Australia's offices are already powered using 100% renewable electricity, but the bank said it will continue improving efficiencies and reducing emissions across operations, including staff ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... said it is on track to reach its interim 50% emissions reduction target by 2025. The company signed a 100% renewable electricity agreement with CleanCo, a Queensland Government-owned renewables, low emissions, and hydro company, in August 2022. The deal ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... maximise the recovery and reuse of Brambles' pallets and containers in line with its circular model, renewable electricity to power Brambles' own and subcontracted sites, and plant and logistics optimisation including reducing empty lanes and ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... enabler of industrial decarbonization" and needs to be scaled up rapidly. Early uptake and integration of renewable electricity, electrification, and use of green hydrogen to substitute for other fuel sources can help Australia achieve competitive costs ...

Centuria acquires SA agricultural property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... (CSP), which creates sustainable onsite renewable energy. The CSP generates 30,000 megawatts of heating, 45,700 kwh of electricity and facilitates seawater desalination, Centuria noted. "The South Australia location provides unlimited access to seawater ...

ARENA backs concentrate solar power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... stored in molten salt. "The stored heat can then be used to heat water to create steam to power a turbine and produce electricity, or the heat can also be used directly to decarbonise some industrial processes." ARENA noted the captured heat can be stored ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... need to assess the Scope 2 emissions - the carbon-equivalent footprint of material inputs into our processes (e.g. electricity consumed in our ammonia production)," he said. "There is currently no practical way to be able to capture real-time emissions ...

2023 the year for business action on climate change: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... of specific products in some of the most carbon-intensive sectors: iron and steel, cement, fertilisers, aluminium, electricity and hydrogen, as well as some precursors and a limited number of downstream products. Indirect emissions would also be included ...

Safeguard Mechanism reforms to prompt ACCU demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... be an ACCU shortage. The research modelled ACCU demand against the emissions intensity reductions of the National Electricity Market (NEM), which reduced baseline emissions by 24% between 2014-2021. "Assuming the Safeguard Mechanism ambitiously manages ...

Salary inflation a rising S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... terms of opportunities, we are focused on companies that are able to pass on input cost inflation - be it salaries or electricity - to the end customers," Wood said. "Whether that's the strength of their contracts or inclusions of pass throughs. ...