This Month
As timber buildings go up, emissions come down
The growing use of engineered wood products allows for less embodied carbon in buildings, but that alone won’t make construction clean.
- Michael Bleby
Smart ways to get the most out of your solar
Homeowners are using tips and tricks to shift as much of their power usage as possible to solar.
- Christopher Niesche
After slow start, EV sales pick up speed
The recent jump in sales of electric vehicles comes before the full effects of new lower-cost Chinese models for less than $40,000 are felt.
- Tony Davis
The final stop before landfill: waste-to-energy plants
With the right technology, sewage sludge, abattoir and household waste can all be converted into energy or usable products.
- Sian Powell
How to cut emissions with seaweed and burgers
The development of asparagopsis as a livestock feed supplement is just one of many ways the agricultural sector is reducing emissions.
- Larry Schlesinger
Biodiversity credits aim to help repair nature
The government is seeking to establish a nature repair market, with biodiversity credits creating a new asset class for investors.
- Christopher Niesche
How these Aussie cafes are keeping laptops out of landfill
Repair cafés are part of a growing culture of re-use, recycle and repair around Australia as garbage levels soar and recycling systems break down.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Investment banking
How a dozen banks and a green trigger recast a $1.4b debt deal
Talks over a new Scape debt deal began in November last year, but a sleeper clause was not activated until now to tie the money to lower carbon emissions.
- Aaron Weinman
How developers can make BTR properties hold their value
Failure to create sustainable buildings will leave the owners with stock that will struggle to find tenants in the years ahead, a report says.
- Michael Bleby
September
Energy-hungry data centres can also be a source of power
The facilities use a lot of energy, but could also be tapped as a local power source for buildings or precincts – if Australia’s laws allow it.
- Michael Bleby
August
Sustainable fashion? This doco shows just how hard it is
Six years ago, Amy Powney, owner of British label Mother of Pearl unpicked her business and remade it to be more environmentally responsible.
- Lauren Sams
Meet the duo ushering in a new era for UBS asset management
UBS country head sees the Swiss firm becoming a triple threat once again as it combines investment banking and asset management with Credit Suisse’s private bank.
- Aaron Weinman
July
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
CBA gives business clients tool to measure building energy efficiency
Building owners need to ensure their assets are competitive, and banks don’t want to be left funding stranded assets in a fast-changing market.
- Michael Bleby
ASIC accuses Vanguard of greenwashing in $1b-plus bond fund
After claiming to have screened out fossil fuels, the fund was invested in Chevron, an oil pipeline in the US and Abu Dhabi, and a petroleum company in Chile.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
Sustainability reporting rules would be regulatory overkill
Treasury’s proposed framework would cast a wide net and impose onerous reporting burdens on 23,144 companies that produce just a fraction of the nation’s emissions.
- Peter Wells
UK property market now comes with a green premium
London office properties with good environmental credentials can command 20 per cent more in rent, as a result of corporate efforts to cut emissions.
- Alastair Marsh
June
How Sustainability Leaders list entrants are assessed
There was a 25 per cent growth in entries this year as more and more companies turn to better environmental and social outcomes, and tangible business value.
- BCG
Telstra turns the tables on disposable tech
The telco became the first internet service provider in Australia to make a modem from 85 per cent recycled plastics with the launch of its Smart Modem 3.
- Agnes King
Koala leads retailers in battling the war on waste
Koala is one of these five retailers proving that what’s good for the planet is also good for their bottom line.
- Agnes King
The driving purpose behind IAG’s winning action plan
The insurer says it sees the effects of climate change on its customers and communities on the ground every day.
- Mark Eggleton
