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Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... solar installations, and four utility-scale projects across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. "Our work to decarbonise our operations will not always be the same each year-we'll continue to make progress, while also constantly evolving on our ...

Investible, top VCs back Fugu Carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... 2032. Fugu co-founder Luke Marshall said the company fulfils demand from industries that may never be able to fully decarbonise. "We must provide a green low-cost solution for them. Many companies are trying to do this now, but their technology is often ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Climate philanthropists can maximise the impact of their donations by focusing their funding on decarbonising heavy industry exports, a study found. A report titled High-Impact Climate Giving in Australia by Giving Green, found that investors and philanthropists ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) says buildings are the "low-hanging fruit" that make up the lion's share of the big four banks' sustainable finance target (SFT) of $385 billion by 2030 - while just 7% flows to financing clean energy and hard-to-abate sectors. ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Launched last year by economist Ross Garnaut, chaired by former ACCC chair Rod Sims, the Superpower Institute (TSI) has appointed ex-ACCC economics lead Baethan Mullen as its inaugural CEO. With more than 20 years' experience in public policy, competition ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... collaborative investor group that engages with 171 focus companies - the largest emitters in the world - on their plans to decarbonise in line with the Paris Agreement. Since CA100+ launched, there has been no change in votes on directors Market Forces ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The BlackRock CEO's annual letter waxed poetic on the old age question, fear, and the savings strategy of stuffing money under mattresses. He also said the energy transition is not a straight line and requires "pragmatism". This means Larry Fink believes ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... community-led climate solutions projects in remote, rural and regional communities. The 16 grants will help locals decarbonise, adapt to a changing climate, and mitigate the risks of global warming. The projects are the first cohort from the Community ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... average. This cost will rise to at least $73 bn per year by 2060. But Parker reminded the audience that while the cost to decarbonise the economy is huge, investors are poised to reap rewards. To reconfigure the electricity network for example, he cited ...

Decarbonising aluminium key priority for Capral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... efforts. Capral is the largest Australian extruder and distributor of aluminium products, and it is taking measures to decarbonise the domestic supply chain as the country's only ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) certified aluminium extruder. Dragicevich ...