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ESG Snapshot: Issue 111

ESG Snapshot: Issue 111

This week's highlights include: * Bioenergy. The federal government is consulting on a feedstock strategy for bioenergy. * New ARENA strategy. ARENA has an updated General Funding Strategy. * Fries, sugar, and vitamins. Two food companies and a health supplements business are the latest beneficiaries of ARENA grants. * Water decrease. Victoria

ESG Snapshot: Issue 110

ESG Snapshot: Issue 110

This week's highlights include: * 'We want to bring the world with us'. In a speech to the UN climate summit, the Prime Minister spoke of new sources of regional prosperity. * 'Huge potential'. Resources Minister Madeleine King has praised cooperation between Australia and Japan on

ESG Snapshot: Issue 109

ESG Snapshot: Issue 109

This week's highlights include: * New task for AEMO. Australia's energy market operator will be instructed to examine energy productivity opportunities. * Power plant veto. NSW's Independent Planning Commission has vetoed a proposed biomass-fuelled power plant. * Planning and climate. A major NSW planning Bill will require

ESG Snapshot: Issue 108

ESG Snapshot: Issue 108

This week's highlights include: * PFAS ban. A NSW parliamentary inquiry has urged a ban on all non-essential uses of PFAS. * Modification orders. A new WA Bill would establish the Office of Coordinator-General, and would empower the government to exempt priority projects from some aspects of existing laws. * Coastal

ESG Snapshot: Issue 107

ESG Snapshot: Issue 107

This week's highlights include: * EPA weighs in on giant coal project. The NSW EPA isn't satisfied with the emissions strategy proposed for the state's biggest ever coal mining project. * Koalas and ACCUs. A proposed NSW national park that would protect thousands of koalas will

ESG Snapshot: Issue 106

ESG Snapshot: Issue 106

This week's highlights include: * Grid Bill clears Upper House. Victoria's Upper House has passed a Bill that takes responsibility for grid planning away from AEMO. * CCS Bill. A Queensland Bill would give Glencore a new option for decommissioning wells linked to a CCS project that didn&

ESG Snapshot: Issue 105

ESG Snapshot: Issue 105

This week's highlights include: * REZ concerns. A NSW parliamentary report says consultation has been inadequate in a key renewables zone, and urges a cumulative impacts study. * Coordinator-General. The federal government's new 'single front door' for mega-projects might lead to the office of a new