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Oil and gas industry debate green hydrogen future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... source at under $2/kg works out to a comparative price of around $16 per gigajoule, where the spot price for LNG in Australia was nearly $11 as of 10 June, according to AEMO. The second problem is scaling hydrogen up to serve as an adequate replacement ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... federal government that new offshore petroleum exploration acreage has been released. The areas off the coasts of Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands are up for bidding from December to 3 March 2022. Minister for ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
The conference for Australia's leading oil and gas industry group kicked off in Perth with more than 1700 delegates in attendance this week, but not without rustling a few feathers. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) ...

Infrastructure manager joins Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... fund of fund manager that offers infrastructure investments to non-institutional investors via investing with two of Australia's leading infrastructure fund managers and their associated funds, Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) and ATLAS Infrastructure. ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
EY has named Mathew Nelson Oceania chief sustainability officer, a newly created role. Nelson's new role will become effective 1 July 2021. "We know that environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainability and climate change are broad agendas ...

Investment Leadership Awards ESG winners revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment and BetaShares Capital have taken top awards in the ESG category at the annual Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards in Sydney. The awards, run by partner publication Financial Standard, recognise Australian investment ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... underperformance is associated with screened fossil fuel companies," said ISS associate director - account executive Australia and New Zealand Bjorn De Smedt, a co-author of the analysis. "It is right to question the impact of government policy on KiwiSaver ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australia could lose as much as 12.5% per year in GDP by 2050 unless there is more ambitious action on climate change, according to Oxfam Australia. Oxfam Australia is calling upon G7 leaders and invited guest countries including Australia to cut carbon ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Companies in the financial sector are building momentum towards implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), including aspects of integrating sustainability into day to day practice. ASFI has released its first momentum report ...

Fiona Reynolds to step down from PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... step down from her role as CEO of the UN PRI after nearly nine years with the organisation. Reynolds will return to Australia, she said in a statement. She cited the trade-offs of working from London in the role with the challenges of not being able ...