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Mandatory sustainability calculator streamlines housing approvals

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and Council staff who assess DAs to streamline the approvals process for new high density residential, commercial and industrial buildings."

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... companies can improve. Decarbonisation is central at Incitec Pivot, but the company itself resides in the hard to abate industrial sector due to its production of ammonia for products such as agricultural fertiliser and for explosives, Durand noted. ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... board of diverse perspectives, united in the NRF's purpose to invest in world-class Australian know-how to rebuild our industrial capabilities." Wilder is the founder and CEO of Pollination and has previously held positions at other government sustainable ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... includes modelling by analyst company Climate Risk, found that more than 80,000 existing residential, commercial, and industrial properties covering 45,000 hectares will be impacted. The cumulative impact will be about $40 billion by 2040. Without action ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia, that will develop wind, solar, and renewable energy storage projects in Western Australia near to major industrial energy users. Yindjibarndi appointed director Craig Ricato and ACEN appointed director and chairperson Anton Rohner. The sites ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... climate scenarios from platforms including NGER Scheme, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). The consultation ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... government's new Net Zero Economy Agency. Recognised for his expertise in government, investment, climate policy, and industrial relations, as well as a background in coal mining engineering, Combet will chair the Net Zero Economy Agency, which will ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Mechanism rules. With Safeguard Mechanism reforms set to come into effect on July 1 for the hard-to-abate sector of industrial emitters, references to carbon neutral and net zero terms, especially in quarterly reports and earnings, will be under greater ...

CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... abatement projects and organisations seeking to help restore land that has been impacted by natural disasters or heavy industrial usage. "We want to play our part in helping to preserve and foster Australia's biodiversity and unique ecosystems while ...

CSIRO to build Australia-first mobile hydrogen generator

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... unit will do just that and will be compact enough to move to where it's needed - whether that's a farm, a festival, an industrial facility or, a mine site."