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RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... legislate a ban on CCS across the Great Artesian Basin. CCS in the Great Artesian Basin could compromise the underground water resource that is vital for biodiversity and agriculture across a large area of the continent: most of Queensland, the south-east ...

Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Vision Super has found itself in hot water after analysis revealed it has purchased $2.2 million worth of Whitehaven Coal stocks after walking back its fossil fuel exclusion policy last year. The super fund changed its environmental, social and governance ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute CEO, Karen Fang, Bank of America sustainable finance lead, Arunabha Ghosh, Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) founder and CEO, James Mwangi, Africa Climate Ventures CEO, Naoko Ishii, professor and director of the University of ...

Big win for Great Artesian Basin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... groundwater used by nearby rural communities and agricultural land. The GAB is believed to contain about 65 million gigalitres of water, enough to fill Sydney Harbour 130,000 times. The intended lifespan of the blocked project was seven years and included ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... construction, and climate change adaptation. It will also go to sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation, water and wastewater management, circular economy, and pollution prevention and control. Use of proceeds excludes nuclear energy ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... mitigation, climate change adaptation and resilience, biodiversity and ecosystem protection, sustainable use and protection of water resources, pollution prevention and control, and transition to a circular economy. It is also consulting on the first ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainability reached out to Minister Plibersek. A spokesperson for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water said: "The Australian Government and NSW Government make decisions under separate legislation in relation to environmental ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... be invested to get homes built sooner with funding to go towards states and territories to build roads, sewers, energy, water, and community infrastructure needed for new homes and additional social housing. In addition, a new $9.3 billion five-year ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
BT Panorama reached a milestone in growth of its managed accounts, as funds under administration increased by 31% to $16 billion, and new ESG options were added. This calendar year the platform has launched new products including those managed by Vanguard ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... the company's sustainability performance targets, which include metrics such as emissions intensity, waste reduction, water consumption, and labour certification. These targets are in line with ISPT's ESG framework, which focuses on key areas ...