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Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Aggarwal says the banks' current strategies rely on investing in "business-as-usual" real assets that "meet minimum energy efficiency regulations" - leaving the banks "open to accusation of greenwashing". Between 44% and 72% of climate-related capital ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Superpower Institute from the Essential Services Commission, having led a 70-person team delivering the largest energy efficiency program in the country." Commenting on his appointment, Mullen said: "Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut have laid an excellent foundation ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... deliver $70 billion in cumulative funding across sustainable industries and asset types including clean energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon transport, commercial property, land and agriculture, waste management and sustainability-linked lending. Eligible ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... soil health and emissions reductions in Macleay NSW was awarded $14,957. $20,000 was allotted towards build energy efficiency for social housing in Gympie, QLD. A further $20,000 was granted to a local Indigenous community in the Northern Territory to ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... of goods and services. "This can be anything from decisions around where to purchase office supplies to the energy efficiency of appliances or equipment, how companies source their labour, or the environmental impacts of packaging used in products pr ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... productivity. EnergyLink Services brings expertise in establishing energy and carbon inventories, recommending energy efficiency improvements, designing fuel switching and electrification options and establishing contracts to procure renewable energy ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... the UK and the US. The country did not join Australia and 119 countries to commit to the Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge at COP28.

Built industry bodies call for green innovation policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... retrofits for existing homes, minimum performance standards for rental properties and mandatory disclosure of energy efficiency at the point of sale. In addition to the potential savings of electrifying the built environment, energy efficiency measures ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... first UN Global Stocktake on climate has resulted in "imperfect" momentum on fossil fuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency, adaptation, and climate finance. While some are calling the agreement a "failure", COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said during ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... actions that countries "could" take: Triple renewable capacity and double the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030 Rapidly "phase down" unabated coal and limit permitting new and unabated coal power generation Accelerate ...
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