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Green moves: Fremantle Seaweed, Impact&ble, Emmi, Petuna Aquaculture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... and Obradovic from Quantexa. "When you're building something that matters - like helping mobilise capital towards Net Zero - you need exceptional talent. That's exactly what we're getting with Alex and Pallavi," said Emmi founder and CEO ...

Regional just transition plan names CEO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... transition for the coal workforce names its first boss. Veteran public servant David Shankey is the inaugural CEO for the Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA), the government agency focused on ensuring a fair transition for fossil fuel-dependent regions ...

Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... climate". The Smart Energy Council, whose members are poised to benefit most, said the legislation forms "the backbone" of a net zero future. "Renewables are at the centre of Australia's economic future, and this legislation is the key that will unlock ...

Banksia Foundation names winners of the 2024 NSW Sustainability Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... solar garden, providing renewable energy access to those previously unable to benefit from rooftop solar installations. Net Zero Action Award - Taronga Conservation Society Australia Taronga Conservation Society Australia achieved remarkable sustainability ...

First Aussie circularity fund shoots for $1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... fund will be instrumental in driving the circular transition and setting new benchmarks for sustainability." Achieving a net zero economy hinges on moving from a linear extractive model of resource use to a circular approach, which makes up 45% of emissions ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the Net Zero Transition Working Group to consider ASFA'S Toward an energy transition accord, which set out five recommendations ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures promises to help investors and financial institutions combat misleading net zero claims. "We believe this is a world-first, especially in that we are making this tool free and open source - anyone can use," ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... at this point the fund should be home to $380 billion. The priority areas are supporting the energy transition towards net zero, increasing the supply of residential housing in Australia, and improving infrastructure including economic resilience ad ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... US Senators asking it to address these issues in its holdings. BlackRock is a member of Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and has committed to investing 75% of corporate and sovereign investments in issuers with science-based targets. The ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... during Trump's first term and will persist "irrespective of the new Trump administration." The biggest barrier to reaching net zero is technological, he said, with some industries like steel, concrete, shipping, airlines, and agriculture not having viable ...