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Coal mine case sets climate risk precedent

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the court case, the minister "did not dispute" the "very detailed" supporting evidence detailing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction and burning of coal on anthropogenic climate change, nor the effect of climate change ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... result in an accelerated roll-out of renewable energy generation, leading to a more rapid reduction in Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. "The Brookfield Global Transition Fund has been specifically established to focus on the transition to renewable ...

New EU rules at the border and beyond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... cement, iron, steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, and hydrogen. Importers will need to report on embedded greenhouse gas emissions without paying any financial adjustment at this stage. Importers are asked to collect data for the fourth quarter ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... demonstrated the Burnhams' adoption of new land management practices resulted in the equivalent of 126,222 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being sequestered into their soils over the five-year reporting period. The pair came up against seasonal ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... impact on the healthcare and community services sectors. The superfund has called on ASX 300 companies to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. A participant in investor-led initiative ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... from the atmosphere," the paper said. "Sustainable land management and conservation of existing forests can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Substituting wood and wood fibre-based materials for higher embodied energy or fossil energy-based materials ...

Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... year and will come into effect in 2026. It will place a levy to export goods to the EU based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The EU CBAM will initially cover a number of specific products in some ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... update from the SBTi shows the enormous demand from the business world for credible, ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As catastrophic floods in Pakistan to deadly heatwaves in Europe in 2022 demonstrated, the human and economic ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... gender pay equity. CUE is a metric developed by global collaborative body The Green Grid and measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced per unit of IT energy consumed within a data centre. AirTrunk said it will invest all margin incentives ...