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Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australia ranked as the sixth country in terms of climate policy developments in 2023, but experts are concerned that the country is "playing catch up". At the top of the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)'s list was the US with 38 policy developments ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... PFAS Roadmap to deal with contamination spanning a series of actions including proposed federal limits on drinking water for six PFAS. "ESG analysts and Asset Managers are closely following these developments and I believe that the size of the IIHC's ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... process to identify a successor has commenced. "I am honoured to have contributed to Origin's many achievements over the past six years, alongside an exceptional leadership group and Board and supported by an outstanding team," Tremaine said. "Together ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... around the region. "Following the issuance of the 2034 green bond, QTC now has AUD13.3 billion of total outstandings across six green bond lines on issue. " QTC is expanding the green bond pipeline of projects that will be added to the pool, including ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
China's Certified Emission Reductions (CCER) scheme has restarted after a six-year pause, as the country releases its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Suspended in 2017 due to low trading volume and lack of standardisation in carbon audits ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... in 2023, has put NSW in line per Climate Energy Finance's modelling. "There's really good momentum particularly in the last six weeks of 2023," Buckley said. "In those six weeks, momentum accelerated - the Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act passed ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Overall, 2023 saw record growth for rooftop solar in Australia with a 21% increase in rooftop solar PV capacity in the first six months compared to the previous year, according to the Clean Energy Regulator. Climate Council head of advocacy Jennifer ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... 2.5°C-2.9°C of warming above pre-industrial levels this century, necessitating a steep 42% reduction in emissions in the next six years to curb the rise to the agreed 1.5°C threshold. "Present trends are racing our planet down a dead-end 3C temperature ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the sixth in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics In 2024, Australian business will need to focus on the strength of their response to climate change, with government aiming to legislate mandatory climate ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... action, and fostering hope towards a more sustainable, resilient, and prosperous world for all." Agriculture and land is one of six economic sectors that the Australian government has selected for sector-specific decarbonization plans, along with plans ...