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Sandon Capital to buy carbon farms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
An activist fund has lobbed a $11.6 million cash takeover bid for a majority stake in 30 Western Australian carbon farms. Carbon Conscious Investments (CCI) holds carbon property rights to nearly 17,000 hectares of Mallee trees plantation in the WA ...

Canberra targets natural disaster insurance gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... killed 28 and caused $4.8 billion worth of damage. This comes as seven people have been reported missing in Western Australia amid severe storms and flooding. Insurance costs are rising globally due to increased natural hazard events, increases in the ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... at Boston Consulting Group and chief scientist at Fortescue Metals Group. "Element Zero will help transform Western Australia from the world's mine into the world's foundry, dramatically reducing carbon emissions in the process," co-founder and general ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Queensland is set to legislate a 75% emission reduction by 2035 as Western Australia seeks to attract investment in decarbonisation projects as part of its net zero by 2050 target. All Australian state and territory governments are now committed to ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A Western Australia based hydrogen hub has progressed one step further to becoming operational, with the Albanese government announcing $70 million in support as part of its Regional Hydrogen Hubs program. bp's H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub has reached Front-End ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. These include 2.4 GW of large-scale onshore wind farms in Western Australia developed in partnership with Green Wind Renewables. A wind farm in Boulder Creek near Rockhampton, Queensland, is expected ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... agricultural production on an emissions intensity basis. Last week Warakirri also added two established vineyards in Western Australia to its Diversified Agriculture Fund, taking fund assets to over $140 million. The $22 million initial investment was ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... March 2022. For those living in disaster-prone areas, including the Northern Rivers region, north Queensland and Western Australia, insurance premiums have risen to 50% in 12 months. The Climate Council linked accelerating climate change to increasing ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Renewable energy retailer ZEN Energy has appointed a new chief financial officer. Phillipa Chen joins ZEN from Macquarie Group where she was a Director of Macquarie Asset Management. "Phillipa brings deep industry and capital market experience to ZEN's ...

Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... example, we may start to see other companies look to replicate GSWA's plans to build a green steel plant in Western Australia or Hallett Group's plans to build a low carbon cement facility in South Australia. Ultimately, this a plank in global moves ...
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