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First renewable energy zone to start works

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... next six years. Having just gained planning approval, from late 2024 the project is set to reach financial close and construction works will then commence. It's expected to be in operation in 2028. Located in NSW around Dubbo, Dunedoo and Mudgee, the ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... third recruit Mark Irwin also joins as a senior adviser. He currently runs ADBRI - one of Australia's pioneering construction materials and industrial mineral manufacturing companies. Irwin has earlier held senior roles at Oz Minerals including chief ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Zone (SW-NSW REZ). This includes Fulham Solar Farm and Battery and Blind Creek Solar Farm and Battery, due to start construction later this year. With its arms in many pies, Octopus owns and operates energy assets across the entire lifecycle, leveraging ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... energy rollout, energy efficiency, upgrades, EV and core electric transport infrastructure, low-carbon buildings construction, and climate change adaptation. It will also go to sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation, water and wastewater ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... first three priority sectors under development: electricity generation and supply; minerals, mining and metals; and construction and the built environment. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Co-CEO Estelle Parker said the news ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... a significant decline in building approvals to an annualised rate of 150,000, with a marked weakness in new home construction loan approvals. They said while housing affordability deteriorates, strong population growth - 635,000 in 2022-23, with an expected ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... professional, scientific and technical services are more male dominated. Indeed, the WGEA gender pay gap reveals the construction industry - a traditionally male-dominated field - has a median pay gap of 32%. Similarly, the finance industry has a median ...

Investors scrutinise Australia-first gender pay gap data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... employees. There is significant variation in the gender pay gap across industries, with the worst offender being construction industry with a median employer gender pay gap of 32%. In the finance industry, the median base salary gender pay gap is 23% ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... community groups to design and implement a project that "aims to raise the ground water table in select areas through the construction of semi-permanent canal blocks to restore degraded peatland," New Forest said. "KKL is one of Thailand's largest ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... encourages flows to hybrid vehicles, while maintaining a cautious outlook on renewables. The roadmap also proposes the construction of new nuclear reactors. However, the Climate Transition Bond has clear delineation on use of proceeds and excludes gas-fired ...