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Westpac earmarks $6bn for cleantech and green business funding
Banking group to spend $6bn on clean technology and environmental services lending, in new five-year, $8bn sustainability strategy.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 19, 2013

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Collaborate or confront? Environmental politics in 2013
This is a crucial year for dialogue between environmental and business groups. Will we see collaboration or conflict? And who has the most to lose?
Jeff Angel

Feb 14, 2013

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Mining or farming: What’s polluting the Great Barrier Reef?
Agricultural runoff is a major issue for the GBR, but is being managed with some success. The major coal port development, however, not so much.
Jon Brodie

Feb 6, 2013

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In 2040, when growth is a memory…
Much of the stuff that drives economic growth is really very silly. The transition to a more meaningful measure can’t come soon enough.
Josh Dowse

Feb 1, 2013

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Humanity has overshot the Earth’s capacity
A new report on China’s ecological footprint says that humanity, as a whole, overshot the Earth’s sustainability threshold back in the early 1970s.
Jeff Spross

Dec 17, 2012

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Two-thirds of world’s top companies have set green targets
New analysis has found that 68% of companies in the Global 100 list have targets to lower emissions and/or purchase clean energy.
Stephen Lacey

Dec 11, 2012

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Energy White Paper’s unhealthy omission
The federal government’s long-awaited Energy White Paper has trumpeted the benefits of fossil fuels, while ignoring the costs – the toll on human health.
George Crisp

Nov 14, 2012

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Four ways Obama could make a real difference in his second term
Having fended off two plutocratic-theocratic ignoramuses, can Barack Obama use his bully pulpit to push for what our planet desperately needs?
Paul Ehrlich

Nov 8, 2012

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Randers: What does the world look like in 2052?
Well known futurist Jorgen Randers predicts a smaller and less wealthy society than most assume in 40 years, but one still headed for climate disaster.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2012

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We cannot avoid the global crisis… but we can deal with it
In a speech this week, Paul Gilding said the world was ‘locked in’ for a sustainability crisis that would trigger world-changing climate impacts and resource conflicts. The only question now is how will we respond? Will this be a century of chaos or a few decades of messy but successful transition?
Paul Gilding

Nov 1, 2012

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Mixed Greens: IKEA eyes 100% renewables in new green plan
Retailer plans €1.5bn investment in wind, solar in sustainability strategy. Plus Combet’s green windfall call; Japan’s renewables shift; and corporate water stress.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 24, 2012

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Sustainability and greed: Unlikely bedfellows
An increasing body of evidence shows a direct link between investment in sustainability and shareholder value. Maybe Gordon Gekko was onto something…
Andrew Ure

Sep 26, 2012

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