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ESG Snapshot: Issue 83

ESG Snapshot: Issue 83

This week's highlights include: * PFAS. The latest edition of a national PFAS management plan includes new advice on investigation, remediation, and resource re-use. * Renewables priorities. DCCEEW has released a nationally-agreed list of 56 priority transmission, generation and storage projects. * Circularity. The Productivity Commission has issued its interim report

ESG Snapshot: Issue 82

ESG Snapshot: Issue 82

This week's highlights include: * Nature market open for business. Minister Tanya Plibersek has gazetted instruments that make the nature repair market officially operational. * Don't hold back, says ACCC. The ACCC says businesses shouldn't hesitate to tell customers about their legitimate environmental achievements. * Waste to

ESG Snapshot: Issue 81

ESG Snapshot: Issue 81

This week's highlights include: * ACCC scrutiny. Several greenwashing investigations are "ongoing", according to the ACCC. * FOGO. A new NSW law will require supermarkets and some other businesses to source separate food waste for collection. * Steelworks move. The SA government has forced the Whyalla steelworks into administration,

ESG Snapshot: Issue 80

ESG Snapshot: Issue 80

This week's highlights include: * New bills. The NT government has introduced new bills that curtail appeal rights and provide a path for the approval of projects that don't meet legislative requirements. * Asbestos. Instead of requiring that waste containing any level of asbestos go to landfill, NSW&

ESG Snapshot: Issue 79

ESG Snapshot: Issue 79

This week's highlights include: * New bills. A new offshore wind Bill is before the federal parliament, a biosecurity Bill has passed in SA, a planning reform Bill is on the way in Tasmania, and consultation has started on a potential SA scrap metal law. * Net zero grants. The

ESG Snapshot: Issue 78

ESG Snapshot: Issue 78

This week's highlights include: * EPA steps in. The NSW EPA has issued a new guide describing its expectations for projects that will emit more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. * Renewables uncertainty. A new Queensland regulation makes third-party appeals possible against wind farm projects. * Refused. NSW'

ESG Snapshot: Issue 77

ESG Snapshot: Issue 77

This week's highlights include: * Renewables suspension. Using two rarely used powers, Queensland is re-assessing one wind farm, and has suspended assessments for three others. * Environmental honours. A judge, three high-profile academics, and former Liberal and Green politicians have received Australia Day honours. * New biodiversity bill. A draft SA