Origin Energy to ditch coal assets
Origin Energy has committed to closing down its Eraring coal-fired power station by the early 2030s and will not invest in new fossil fuel assets.
Direct action 'penalty' will hit no one
No companies will be forced to reduce carbon emissions under the federal government's new climate change rules, a new report says.
JPMorgan in with Atkins as engineering M&A heats up
The dominoes are starting to fall in the listed engineering sector, with investors, bankers and companies themselves preparing for a consolidation round that is likely to change the face of the industry.
Australia needs to toughen up carbon policies, says report
Australia will need to double its historic rate of decarbonisation if it wants to meet its target of a 26 to 28 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030, according to a new report by PwC.
Faith, hope and carbon pricing
Pope Francis' encyclical on climate change overlooks the central part that markets, particularly market-based environmental policies, must play.
Diesel stuck in a technological dead end
Big technological bets can make or break companies.
Bringing the buzz back to Martin Place
Sydney's Martin Place is undergoing an upgrade, but when it comes to urban transformation, the real buzz is taking place 12 floors above the...
European bees are harder workers
Staple crops such as rice, wheat and barley don't need insect pollinators to reproduce, but most others do.
Cardno board calls Crescent bid 'opportunistic', asks for shareholder support at AGM
Cardno has made its first formal response to Crescent Capital Partners, with chairman John Marlay criticising the private equity firm's "opp...
Urgent need to curb household CO₂ emissions
Nailing the market value of a house's sustainability may be tough, but builder Jeremy Spencer says there's nothing unclear about the effect ...
