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Supercharging investment in the green transition: Australia's year in review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Initiative 20,000 social housing buildings were upgraded to assist tenants in bringing down their energy usage and cut emissions. The Community Energy Upgrades Fund also helped 128 councils pay for energy upgrades like switching pool heating systems ...

Renewables are cheapest: CSIRO GenCost report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... This year's draft also includes a System of Levelised Cost of Electricity (SCLOE) method which estimates the cost and emissions intensity of a mix of electricity generation sources. Also, a new Simple Electricity Model (SEM) tool, to make electricity ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Whitehaven Coal's growing coal mining operations in Australia are pushing its methane and fuel emissions up, raising concerns over its long-term climate liability, according to a new report. CarbonBridge and Climate Energy Finance (CEF) released the ...

Scape refinances $6bn flagship fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... renewable electricity, progressive electrification, and improved Green Star performance. Further, Scape can reduce upfront emissions by 5900 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) when it achieves its sustainable targets. Scape currently has more ...

ASIC releases educational resources on sustainability reporting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... (climate-related transition risks) and 5 (climate-related opportunities) will be released later this month, while Modules 6 (emissions accounting),7 (scenario analysis) and 8 (governance and risk management) will come in early 2026, ASIC said. ASIC commissioner ...

Wealth inequality "moderate" in Australia: World Inequality Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... effect of inequality on climate change. It estimated the poorest half of the global population accounted for 3% of carbon emissions associated with private capital ownership. The richest top 10%, however, accounted for 77% of emissions associated with ...

APRA flags governance concerns at HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... advertisements on the Google and Bing search platforms which stated, 'HESTA is committed to remove all investment in carbon emissions by 2050...' The advertisement was linked to the 'Why Join' page on the HESTA website. ASIC was concerned ...

Australia, NZ strengthen partnership for healthy, green economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand are strengthening their partnership to focus on achieving net zero emissions while boosting economic opportunities, trade and investment. In Auckland, the third Australia-New Zealand Climate and Finance Dialogue involved discussions ...

Big banks neglect carbon emitted by financed deforestation: ACF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) found the big four banks are "underreporting" the carbon emissions resulting from the deforestation they finance. According to ACF's Financed emissions from deforestation: The Big Four's emissions ...

EPBC Act reforms offer clearer decarbonisation pathway: Fund manager

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... regional planning. The new bill will require proponents of large emitting projects to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and related reduction plans, and it maintains federal approval of water trigger coal and gas projects. A new Streamlined Assessment ...