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Big win for Great Artesian Basin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... project was seven years and included the test injection of up to 110,000 tonnes per year for three years of the greenhouse gas (GHG) stream through the injection well into an aquifer around 2.35km below the surface. "What we don't want to see is the ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... New York State Common Retirement Fund. The world's largest investor-led engagement initiative on corporate greenhouse gas emissions received backing from asset owners representing US$4.6 trillion in assets. The asset owners said they are "fully committed" ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... fuel exposure over the past two years to December 2023. Investments in the top 190 global companies with major coal, oil, and gas expansion plans rose to more than $39 billion, reaching nearly 9% of shares in default options, as a portion of listed equities ...

Govt moves timetable on power station closure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... peak body for the industry, says it makes up 40%. Australia is "lagging" and needs to move beyond "aging and aged" coal and gas assets, responsible investment and sustainability specialist Desiree Lucchese told FS Sustainability. "Australia is falling ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Canberra is at odds with state governments over assessing emissions for coal and gas project approval. Contradictory approvals processes pose a risk of investment security downgrading, responsible investment and sustainability specialist Desiree Lucchese ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs. Treasurer Jim Chalmers aims to unlock $65 billion in renewables by 2030 through the Capacity Investment Scheme. ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... the ASRS because of local differences that, as an example, require the use of NGER Scheme legislation to measure greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions." Reporting obligations under the Corporations Act apply to individual entities, meaning that inbound ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... increases climate and other pollution," the member said. "Road transport causes about 20% of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions. While other sectors, such as electricity generation, are reducing their emissions in line with Australia's net zero ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... inclusion metrics for staff and management. Its achievements so far include a 15% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2019 levels, towards the goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. In 2023 the firm invested over $200 billion ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... facilitative finance. It is the only big four bank reportedly without a substantive policy to restrict financing to new oil and gas, CEF says. "Banks need to actively reorient their lending if they are to align their climate rhetoric with their capital ...