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Environment, Social & Governance issues prominently feature in the Australian landscape.

A recent prosecution in NSW suggests that environmental enforcement agencies are becoming more willing to prosecute senior employees, not just their organisations. The decision in Garrett v Freeman, the first time a senior council employee has been prosecuted for actions undertaken as part of his job, should be a warning to everyone.

The Outback, with its baking sun, is certainly a climate well suited for solar power generation. It now looks as though this will be being put to great benefit within the hydrogen race...

Peabody and Bowen Coking Coal have executed a binding agreement for the sale of the Broadmeadow East Coal Project, an undeveloped coking coal project located within ML 70257 near Moranbah, Queensland.

The Package is significant because of proposed changes to certain environmental legislation and biodiversity law in NSW.

NSW's replacement for the Part 3A regime will be law as of Saturday 1 October.

QLD is proposing amendments to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 to protect existing uses from urban encroachment.

Article discussed the NSW Department of Planning and the Environment ePlanning review.

On 5 August 2019 the Federal Resources Minister, Matt Canavan MP announced that the Productivity Commission will conduct a 12-month review of the regulation of the resources sector.

The Government's recent announcement to bring forward the carbon credit trading scheme has a number of ramifications.

A consultation survey seeks to understand the views and needs of Queenslanders in this environmental regulation.

In Australia, the attractiveness for developers and investors of developing green buildings has been mainly due to their marketability, as there has been little in the way of incentives offered by either the state or federal governments.

Mel and Tim discuss a key battleground ahead of the election, climate change action, with Graham Phelan, ESG Lead for Frontier Economics. Graham takes a look back at....

The recent Compliance Committee Forum webinar included updates for fund managers and a discussion on greenwashing.

These changes to better manage sheep exposure to heat stress are part of the broader management of live animal exports.

The moratorium period on clearing endangered regrowth vegetation, which began on 8 April 2009 and was set to end on 7 July 2009, has been extended for a further three months.

The impact of the Building Energy Efficiency Act is far reaching.