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Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... policy-based lending operations. There are 11 sectors identified as consistent with low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development pathways: energy, manufacturing, land use and fisheries, waste, water supply and wastewater, transport, buildings and infrastructure ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and a Canadian state investment manager have co-invested in a platform aimed at assisting Australian farmers at decarbonising while boosting farm production. CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... existing regional bodies, unions, industry, investors, First Nations groups to facilitate the national shift to a clean energy economy. To expedite the Authority's responsibilities, the Net Zero Agency will commence operations from July. Significant ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... organisation, and Australian focus companies include Adbri, AGL, BHP, Bluescope Steel, Boral, Incitec Pivot, Orica, Origin Energy, Qantas, Rio Tinto, Santos, South32, Woodside and Woolworths. In Phase 2, which will last from 2023 to 2030, companies will ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... leaks has been taken. A further 90 decommissioned wells are yet to be assessed. Santos submitted a plan to the offshore energy regulator NOPSEMA in early 2022 proposing further monitoring and stating that action to stem the leaks was "not technically ...

Cost a barrier for SME ambition on net zero: BSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... partners." Meehan also pointed to government policy as a way to assist SMEs on this process, including the Small Business Energy Incentive announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the May budget. The Small Business Energy Incentive is a bonus tax deduction ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Global energy markets are entering the "next nuclear renaissance", with Australian uranium miners poised to benefit over the short and medium term, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. "With the main focus being on energy security, a re-contracting cycle ...

IGO announces new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... director last year. IGO is an ASX-listed xploriation and mining company that focuses on minerals critical to renewable energy production, including nickel, copper, cobalt and lithium. Ivan Vella will join IGO from Rio Tinto, where he spent the last 20 ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Amendments) Bill 2023 before closing date on 1 June from a range of industries including finance, medicine legal, property and energy as well as conservation and climate-focused NGOs. The Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 will provide a framework for a ...

Aussie, Kiwi ministers commit to sustainable finance alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses that operate across the Trans-Tasman economic region. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and New Zealand Minster of Finance Grant Robertson and Minster of Climate Change James Shaw issued a ...