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Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... year and will come into effect in 2026. It will place a levy to export goods to the EU based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The EU CBAM will initially cover a number of specific products in some ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... also impact inflation. "This is because energy prices have a sizeable direct impact on inflation, with retail electricity and gas prices accounting for around 3 per cent of the CPI basket" she said. "There are also indirect effects, as businesses can ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... update from the SBTi shows the enormous demand from the business world for credible, ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As catastrophic floods in Pakistan to deadly heatwaves in Europe in 2022 demonstrated, the human and economic ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... gender pay equity. CUE is a metric developed by global collaborative body The Green Grid and measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced per unit of IT energy consumed within a data centre. AirTrunk said it will invest all margin incentives ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the board's accountability and oversight of climate change risk" as well as take action to "actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain, including engagement with stakeholders such as policymakers and other actors to address the ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Engagement Program (AUEP). The common agenda for engagement focuses on governance, decarbonisation strategies with coal and gas phase-out timelines, disclosures, physical risks and public policy engagement. Investor engagement has seen growing support ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... During the previous year ESG options underperformed due to macroeconomic factors - they did not benefit from soaring oil and gas prices, while their non-ethical peers reaped the advantages of the war in Ukraine. However, ethical funds now seem to be ...

ARENA backs hydrogen electrolyser startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocate nearly $21 million to a hydrogen elctrolyser technology startup that was spun out of ARENA research. The Wollongong-based Hysata will develop and test a 5 MW unit at their new manufacturing ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Two prominent Japanese investors are set to acquire a 10% stake in Woodside's controversial WA Scarborough liquid natural gas (LNG) project for US$880. The equal partners will function both as customers and collaborators, exploring new energy prospects. ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... dairy factories by half by 2030 through up to $90 million from the GIDI Fund. The Ardern government banned offshore oil and gas exploration in 2018. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the deal "proves again that we can grow our economy while we lower ...