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Experts evaluate impact of Modern Slavery Act review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The proposed reforms to Australia's Modern Slavery Act will serve to improve transparency and enhance focus on remedies and remediation of instances of modern slavery, according to experts. Last week, the Australian government tabled a sweeping review ...

Octopus Energy makes waves with £1.5bn renewable energy investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants. Japan however opposed phasing out coal-fired power plants and argued for investments to stay in the gas industry. ...

No room for complacency for Australia as a renewable energy superpower

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Hatfield-Dodds said. "Nonetheless, it's challenging. Decarbonising the existing system and trying to get an orderly retirement of coal is not as easy as it seems, question of bringing in firming and storage and the mechanics of that are quite different." ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... the energy transition." Professor John Quiggin, economist at University of Queensland said: "A transition out of thermal coal is going to occur, because the world is moving to other sources of energy - our choice is whether that transition is planned ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... risk the economic collapse of the regions, the panellists argued. "In some regions, every second person is working in the coal industry - places where there are generations of workers," said Warrick Jordan, a consultant at the Institute for Regional ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) and the Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures (TSFD) have announced their consolidation into a single initiative to address social and inequality risks in financial reporting. ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... around six priority areas: a carbon budget for the electricity sector; national coordination of the transition to accelerate coal powered generation closures and renewables roll out; investment in long duration storage; support for offshore wind development ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Brookfield managing director and head of renewable power and transition in Australia Luke Edwards. "Approximately 8 GW of coal fired power generation capacity is expected to come offline by 2030 - this generation needs to be replaced with new sources ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Australian companies support stronger regulation around modern slavery, including the establishment of a national anti-slavery commissioner and the introduction of financial penalties for inadequate disclosures. A coalition of human rights organisations ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... targets from 2050 to 2070, but there is a discrepancy on the corporate level. The report noted that Asia consumed 80% of coal usage globally, 38% of oil and 23% of natural gas, saying "this high fossil-fuel dependence inevitability implies a rising share ...