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Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Queensland is set to legislate a 75% emission reduction by 2035 as Western Australia seeks to attract investment in decarbonisation projects as part of its net zero by 2050 target. All Australian state and territory governments are now committed to ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... learning to ensure you can run scenarios accurately. "Imaging a massive farm somewhere in the Northern Territory or Queensland, or Texas or Nebraska. They have different agriculture production systems and changing variables - it's not possible to have ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Western Australia developed in partnership with Green Wind Renewables. A wind farm in Boulder Creek near Rockhampton, Queensland, is expected to begin development in 2024. The business adds to Macquarie Asset Management's existing $A892 billion in assets ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Corporation. The Genex Bouldercombe BESS is a 50MW/100MWh project located approximately 20km southwest of Rockhampton in Queensland. The goal is for the total projects to be fully operational by 2025, Austin told FS Sustainability. The Ethical Fund has ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Federal Court challenge to two coal mine developments. In the "living wonders" case, the Environment Council of Central Queensland, represented by Environmental Justice Australia (EJA), argued the Minister for the Environment and Water acted unlawfully ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... according to Nyungar-Nyiyaparli-Yamatji woman Emma Garlett of the Sustainable Mineral Institute at the University of Queensland. And despite having a cultural connection to the land, there is a disconnect between legislated land ownership and the cultural ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Robust and credible sustainability metrics data that runs from the farm gate to the kitchen table is part of a push to signal Australia's agricultural industry as attractive to investors. A growing population and our proximity to Asia makes agriculture ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... create opportunities for these communities," Parker said "But only if properly executed." Victoria, South Australia and Queensland have all developed their own transition plans. While trade unions have been consulting with governments, businesses, workforces ...

Coal mine case sets climate risk precedent

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... climate risks posed by such fossil fuel projects when deciding whether to approve them. In Environment Council of Central Queensland Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water, the Environment Council of Central Queensland (ECoCeQ) disputed the approval ...