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Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... popped up as well in our new materiality analysis, which make sense when you think about it in terms of resources like recycling natural capital and it confirms the fact that we think this is one of our main focus areas." Identifying these material issues ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... commencement of the NSW Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act and the Victorian Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Bill which establish a mechanism for phasing out the supply of unnecessary or problematic single use plastics. In ACT ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing almost three quarters of its Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... to come into force by 2025 Despite efforts from government and industry groups since 2016, no Australian national PV recycling scheme has been agreed upon or industry partner identified. The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence last year led a project ...

Brookfield consortium to buy Origin Energy for $18.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... which will be funded through a mix of corporate debt, upfinancings of existing hydro assets and proceeds from asset recycling initiatives. "As the energy transition gathers pace, what's needed is increasingly clear: faster deployment of large-scale renewables ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... invest in new manufacturing and construction practices, the repurposing and upgrading of existing building stock and the recycling of construction materials. The embodied carbon sector is in the starting gates, and we can see opportunities to invest ...

Sustainable packaging sector set to grow: Nanuk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... aluminium, which is endlessly recyclable," he said. "The paper industry, is not endlessly reusable but has pretty good recycling rates, even if it's not universally usable for product." Image courtesy of Klára Vernarcová on Unsplash

CEFC, ANZ provide discount finance for SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... in activities to cut emissions, for example, renewable energy, energy efficient and precision agricultural equipment, recycling technologies and electric vehicles. The CEFC and the ANZ will each contribute 0.25% cent toward a 0.5% discount on loans of ...

Pact Group commits to reducing emissions 50% by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand by 50% by 2030. The sustainable packaging, plastic recycling and reuse company's target covers its direct and indirect Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. "Our business activities have a direct ...

Stewart Investors identifies progress to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... security, pollution and climate risk and biodiversity, or circular economy and impacts of reducing waste and increasing recycling and how that impacts climate risk and biodiversity as well. "We would argue that every company in the portfolio has contributed ...