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Grattan calls for expanding Safeguard Mechanism to electricity sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended expansion of the Safeguard Mechanism, the federal government policy constraining emissions by big industry, to the electricity sector. The new report, Bills down, emissions down: A practical path to net-zero electricity ...

Podcast: Safeguarding children's rights in the age of AI

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Join host Michelle Baltazar on The Greener Way as she discusses the vital topic of children's rights with Ross Teverson, regional team lead at Federated Hermes. This episode explores how companies must integrate safety by design in AI development ...

Minderoo commits $9m to boost ocean impact investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... Foundation, has signed a Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel while contributing $1.52 million (US$1m) to safeguard frontline aid workers on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly. The funds will be deployed in collaboration ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
On 17 June 2025, the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), in partnership with the Commonwealth Treasury, released Version 1 of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy (Taxonomy). The Taxonomy sets out technical criteria across six priority ...

NSW energy minister joins IGCC bill

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... returns, and fiduciary duty," IGCC chief executive Rebecca Mikula-Wright said. "Our members have a responsibility to safeguard the retirement savings of millions of Australians, and this Summit ensures they are informed, prepared, and positioned to act." ...

IGCC priorities heard at reform roundtable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... strongest possible 2035 emissions reduction target", legislating the national adaptation plan, maintaining and expanding the Safeguard Mechanism beyond 2030, and removing fossil fuel subsidies. "There was universal agreement that our environmental laws ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... which will support new investment in renewables after 2030. The report also recommended broadening and improving the Safeguard Mechanism and introducing a technology-neutral policy to incentivise heavy vehicle operators to reduce emissions. "Enduring ...

Green moves: Carbon Market Institute, JO Hambro

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... including the legislating of net-zero commitments with bipartisan support and the establishment of a growing decarbonisation Safeguard investment signal for the industrial sector. Significant, albeit unheralded, reforms to Australia's carbon crediting ...

Net zero more important than energy costs: Economists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... while the least favoured is nuclear generation. About 40% picked extending the existing carbon price embedded in the safeguard mechanism applied to heavy industry, while 50% opted for firm commitments to not extend the life of coal-fired plants. Twenty-two ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Standards Board," he said. In adopting ISSB standards, which are expected to take effect in 2026, Australia has the Safeguard Mechanism, which is the government's policy for reducing emissions among large industrial facilities. The government's Powering ...