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Climate transition not one-size-fits-all

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... strong domestic market connections that could provide a good base for transition, while LGAs in the Pilbara and Central Queensland likely require extensive planning and infrastructure investment due to their highly-concentrated economies and fewer connections ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... be chaired by Combet. The members appointed to the Advisory board include professor emeritus Ross Garnaut, Powerlink Queensland chief executive Paul Simshauser, Australian Energy Regulator chief executive Anthea Harris, Infrastructure WA chair Nicole ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... 2022. The start of 2022 saw significant local and international events, including the catastrophic floods in NSW and Queensland, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising global inflation, and a corresponding rise in interest rates and cost of living. Notably ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... able to capitalise on the opportunities of the energy transition." Professor John Quiggin, economist at University of Queensland said: "A transition out of thermal coal is going to occur, because the world is moving to other sources of energy - our choice ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is the single largest to be made via its $100 million Australian Recycling Investment Fund. ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... developer Greenleaf Renewables to develop, build, own and operate the proposed Moonlight Range Wind Farm in central Queensland. The companies have also formed a strategic partnership to work together on developing future renewable projects along Australia's ...

ESG goes mainstream: How the role has changed and what lies ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... director of sustainability and ESG Mel Cutler and Andrew Sellick, principal sustainability - global infrastructure at the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) - a Queensland Government-owned investment company. According to Cutler, the sustainability ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Americas. Data from the Insurance Council of Australia indicates that the 2022 storms and floods that impacted South-East Queensland and coastal New South Wales were Australia's costliest flood events on record. The event is estimated to have cost $3.35 ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... interim 50% emissions reduction target by 2025. The company signed a 100% renewable electricity agreement with CleanCo, a Queensland Government-owned renewables, low emissions, and hydro company, in August 2022. The deal will come into effect across ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Fintech Bloom Impact has raised $525,000 in seed round funding. The climate impact app's funding round was led by Euphemia, the family office of Up co-founder Dominic Pym, and with Envato founders Collis and Cyan Ta'eed. Bloom Impact offers ...