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Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... studied the issue in 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 ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... invest in market-based solutions." The paper notes that there are biodiversity offset markets in NSW, Victoria and Queensland and some global jurisdictions as well, but there needs to be improved levels of funding, policy development and corporate cooperation ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two Queensland farmers have been awarded a record amount of 94,666 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by the national Clean Energy Regulator - the largest allocation for an individual soil carbon farming project in Australia to date. Regenerative ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The Kullilli people of far south-west Queensland have acquired their traditional lands at Thargomindah Station through a financing partnership underpinned by cabon farming. The Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corporation (KBRAC) have purchased at auction ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... the law to protect survivors of domestic and family violence", led to changes to domestic and family violence laws in Queensland and South Australia, improving the responsiveness and efficiency of the legal system. EY chief sustainability officer Mat ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... existing business by 13 times to add up to 3 gigawatts of capacity by 2030. This week the company signed a deal with Queensland government-owned Stanwell Corporation for the first major project. The partnership will deliver nine to 10 gigawatts of renewables ...

ARENA backs hydrogen electrolyser startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... The electrolyser array will then be installed in situ for further testing and validation before it is relocated to Queensland. A Queensland government-owned power company, Stanwell Corporation, is backing the project with $3 million, as well as providing ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Housing Consortium. Smith-Pomeroy is also a non-executive director of Kina Securities Ltd, Stanwell Corporation Ltd, and Queensland Treasury Corporation Capital Markets Board. Daniel Walton is currently a director of AustralianSuper and has been co-chair ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... governments to invest in resilience against natural disasters. ICA CEO Andrew Hall commented that the 2022 floods in Queensland and NSW caused nearly $6 billion in insured damages. "It was the biggest insurance event in Australia's history, and, according ...

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... a new Brisbane-based role of executive director, sustainable finance, giving the team an on-the-ground presence in Queensland for the first time. Chaudron brings 20 years of experience, most recently at Rabobank in Singapore where he was head of capital ...