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Climate Change Authority warns of nuclear bungle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
New independent analysis predicts nuclear could add two billion tonnes of emissions and reach 2.6°C of warming. The Climate Change Authority compared published modelling by the Australian Energy Market Operator and Frontier Economics. It found that ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Demand for lithium is set to triple by 2030, but high geopolitical and environmental risks pose a challenge for investors. According to analyses by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the surge is driven primarily by the rapid expansion of electric ...

BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The world's largest asset manager has quietly acknowledged that natural capital is now an investable asset, not an externality. Traditionally, environmental factors like water, land, and biodiversity were seen as externalities - important, yet separate ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Tom Wainwright is leaving Climateworks Centre to join the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). He will lead the Australian program of PRI's Collaborative Sovereign Engagement on Climate Change initiative. Wainwright is an advisor and subject ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
HSBC has pushed back its net zero emissions target in its supply chain and operations by two decades as part of a wider shake-up of its ESG ambitions. The global bank announced last week that while it made good progress in reducing its Scope 1 and Scope ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
A parliamentary committee has flagged serious governance concerns within Australia's big banks, saying it has seen a reversal of hard-won gains from the Royal Commission. The House Standing Committee on Economics released its annual report into Australia's ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The Albanese government is boosting green iron manufacturing and supply chains via a $1 billion Green Iron Fund, about half of which will support the Whyalla steelworks transformation. The government said the fund will support early mover green iron ...

Super moves: Aware Super, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Aware Super has added a new associate portfolio manager to its infrastructure team. In the new role at the $190 billion superannuation fund, Sue Jiang is responsible for the origination of new investment opportunities and managing the existing investments ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
After decades of unprecedented progress in reducing global inequality and poverty, the future looks increasingly uncertain, according to Angela Jackson, lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy. With Australia heading into an election year, potential ...

Podcast: Decommissioning offshore oil and gas with Joshua Runciman

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Oil spills, leaks and contaminants can wreak havoc on marine life, and abandoned and decaying platforms and pipelines can cause large-scale damage through chemical and heavy-metal pollutants. With LNG markets declining and ageing offshore oil and gas ...