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Woodside faces legal challenge to Scarborough gas project
Environment 2023-08-21 12:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A traditional custodian has taken Woodside Energy to court in a bid to halt offshore seismic blasting for its Scarborough gas project, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santosā€™ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.

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Pinsent Masons nabs PwC partner for property team
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-08-21 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pinsent Masons has recruited an energy specialist from the embattled PricewaterhouseCoopers to grow its property team in Australia.

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ASIC targets Active Super over coal, tobacco holdings
Environment 2023-08-11 2:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Active Super has become the latest target of greenwashing claims by ASIC, with the corporate regulator alleging it misled the market about its responsible investment credentials, including by investing in coal mining, gambling, tobacco and Russian companies.

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Australian parents sue EnergyAustralia over ‘carbon neutral’ claims
Climate change 2023-08-09 2:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group representing Australian parents has taken EnergyAustralia to court for allegedly misleading over 400,000 consumers by marketings a product involving a carbon offset scheme as ‘carbon neutral’.

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GCs need to make sure companies can back up green credentials, ACCC warns
Climate change 2023-08-08 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released guidelines to help businesses avoid greenwashing and greenhushing, calling on general counsel to avoid broad terms like ā€˜sustainableā€™ and ensure businesses have research to back up green claims.

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Vanguard Investments accused of greenwashing in ASIC court action
Financial Services 2023-07-25 2:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

ASIC has brought enforcement action against Vanguard Investments Australia, accusing the investment firm of misleading claims that its ethically conscious hedge fund screened securities for their environmental, social and good governance bona fides.

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Court throws out decision on nuclear waste facility location
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-07-21 10:25 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has set aside former Federal Minister for Resources Keith Pitt’s decision to develop a nuclear waste facility in Napandee in South Australiaā€™s Eyre Peninsula, saying a fair-minded observer may have perceived that Pitt was biased in selecting the site over two other proposed locations.Ā 

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Residents near Graincorp factory can convert case to class action
Class Actions 2023-07-13 10:32 pm By Gareth Baker

A court has found that residents living near an allegedly loud and foul-smelling Graincorp oilseed factory in rural Victoria can band together to bring a class action suit.

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Lawyers for TPG-backed Anew Climate taken to task for writ failure
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-06-29 9:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected TPG-owned Anew Climateā€™s bid for default judgment against an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer in order to unlawfully receive payments under a $1 billion deal, saying ā€œitā€™s not hardā€ to make the application under the correct rule.

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Santos equated carbon offsets with emissions cuts, court told in landmark greenwashing case
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-06-23 4:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A landmark case brought by a shareholder advocacy group accusing Santos of greenwashing will seek to argue the energy company misled the market by presenting its carbon offset programs as plans to reduce emissions.

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