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Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... environmental protection laws and whether to include a 'climate trigger'. Business groups argue these laws could delay renewables approvals and deter investment in the sector. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) and other industry groups, including ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Kean, chair of the authority. "Good progress is being made on decarbonising the energy sector and rolling out firmed renewables. But to achieve a rapid and orderly transition to net zero, all sectors of the economy, along with all levels of government ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... than methane gas... given the massively energy intensive nature of liquification and international transportation." Renewables are accelerating "way faster" than forecasted and fossil fuel prices are experiencing hyperinflation. "Woodside shares are ...

Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... start to address these systemic risks," Forbes said. The commissioner is also developing a code of practice for the renewables sector with the Clean Energy Council, Australia's peak boy for the clean energy industry. In January, the Human Rights Law ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... week. Reaching net zero may require this controversial technology, alongside scaling-up other key innovations including renewables, batteries, EV's, hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels, heat pumps, power networks, and - also controversially - nuclear ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... catastrophe exposures, to technology risks, to serial defects manifesting across replicated parts over a very large asset. Renewables developers and influential asset owners with clean energy holdings are driving demand for insurance. To meet this appetite ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... says. The "danger" with league tables is that it's easy to forget that superannuation is a multi-year investment. Renewables are a "longer-term strategy, and it's been a poor year," Ramrakha says. "You're still getting double-digit returns ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... capital raised to more than US$4.3 bn. It follows the Low Carbon Power Fund, which closed at US$1.6 bn in 2019, and the Renewables Impact Fund, which raised an oversubscribed £620 million in October 2023, exceeding its £500 million target. The latest ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... operates in 35 countries with assets worth US$103.549 billion and an annual revenue of US$54 bn. It has made significant renewables investments and committed to decarbonise 50% by 2030. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... holdings in the nuclear and uranium value chain were top global resources performers in the past year, while other renewables underperformed. Shorter-duration Australian-domiciled global bond funds fared better than longer-duration ones, which struggled ...