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Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The smart money on climate investment is in battery storage, predicts a panel of experts at the IGCC summit. The battery storage industry is developing in leaps and bounds: Companies are trialling new engineering reconfigurations to extract different ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Three years on from its launch, the BNP Paribas EARTH Trust is to be wound up. Investors have been notified of the fund's termination, which is scheduled to be completed by November 22. As responsible entity, Equity Trustees said the decision to ...

ASIC clarifies licensing rules for carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... state-based energy efficiency schemes, retiring ACCUs on behalf of clients, and advice between stakeholders of large industrial facilities that fall under the Safeguard rules. ASIC said exemptions apply to some financial products, such as regulated emissions ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... or contribute to improving global environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. This includes clean energy, industrial efficiency, food and agricultural production, and waste management. The ETF was launched off the back of advisers and investors ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... a low-carbon future. The fund will also look at credibility of climate plans, especially from energy, resources and industrial companies, that bring forward investment in new technologies. Interestingly, in March 2023, 75% of the ASX200 had committed ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... environment, and reducing the cost of living." "This requires a major reorganisation of supply chains, production systems, industrial zones, energy sources, public and private finance, infrastructure and workforces." Technology, investment and cooperation ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... seafood suppliers to prevent the extinction of a rare species. 130 investors are targeting Woolworths and Coles to drop industrial salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour in the west coast of Tasmania. The farms threaten the endangered Maugean Skate, a species ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... gambling their transition plans on CCS. Under the Paris Agreement, nations must limit warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels - and pursue efforts to halt warming to 1.5C. However, Bloomberg says we are unlikely to reach the goal of 1.5C ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) carries material financial risks. The opportunity lies in consumer and industrial sectors which are crying out for viable alternatives to 'forever chemicals' that accumulate and do not break down in ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism Act." The Safeguard Mechanism applies to more than 200 of Australia's largest industrial facilities, including oil and gas producers, mining, and heavy industry - those that emit more than 100,000 tonnes ...