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ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... seekers may be rewarded if they're open to a sea change: Queensland is one to watch for green jobs due to substantial government investment, according to Gvalda.

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... undeliverable" and said the next decade is critical for investing in utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. The government's Capacity Investment Scheme has attracted significant private investment in renewable projects. But to modernize ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... deputy governor to its board, while Mercer Super has a new chair. Guy Debelle has joined the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA board, having spent ...

First renewable energy zone to start works

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Roadmap to export electricity to the rest of the National Electricity Market (NEM) network. To gain approval, the state government assigned nearly 100 approval conditions to support rollout. "This is the first REZ Transmission Project in the country ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... project seeks to explore new ideas for the industry, "something robust and workable," and take that information to government. He's taken up the part-time role because he enjoys a challenge, and "The biggest challenge facing superannuation is climate. ...

States and feds step up on nature and resources

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... to target waste from lithium batteries, tyres, and packaging, invasive species control, and no new extinctions. The government also agreed to include Other Effective land-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the proposed Nature Repair Market. Plibersek ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... years at the independent statutory body. Under King's leadership, the CCA established an annual review of progress to government, as well as led legislative reviews of the Carbon Credits Act and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme. Ahead ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... philanthropists could help reduce global emissions by up to 7% by concentrating their efforts on iron ore production. The government estimates that the downstream emissions from iron exports alone sit at 1500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Investor groups welcome the Australian Government's plan to mobilise private capital to the net zero transition, modernise financial markets and maximise the economic opportunity of sustainability. The Sustainable Finance Roadmap aims to supercharge ...

IFM and QIC scoop major assets in energy deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Port of Melbourne, PRP Diagnostic Imaging, Lochard Energy, Nexus Hospital, and Healius Limited. IFM and Queensland government-owned QIC will sign the assets on to renewable PPAs to provide over 500 gigawatt hours of energy, equivalent to approximately ...