SUSTAINABILITY

Worrying weather & can iron make 'clean' hydrogen?

Finfeed Archived Dec 20, 2018

This last week in Australia has brought some pretty whacky weather, to put it bluntly. A snapshot of headlines: ‘Victoria's freak floods prompt 1,400 calls for help’; 'Exceptional' rain from ex-Cyclone Owen dumps 681mm in north Qld in a day’.

Ag-tech solutions needed more than ever as growers face water crisis

Finfeed Archived Dec 17, 2018

With the threat of prices rising even further, many growers are even reconsidering the cost-benefit-risk profile of planting crops at all. Water prices have doubled in the last 12 months, putting pressure on crop growers across several regions of Australia.

How one man hopes to reclaim Australia’s energy policy

Finfeed Archived Dec 12, 2018

Mike Cannon Brookes’ is running with his 'fair dinkum power' campaign, with his most recent efforts including an interview with Al Gore on the former US vice-president's 24 hours of Reality broadcast. He made sure to point the finger at the current government over energy policy.

SECOS Group updates market on Malaysian property sale

Finfeed Archived Dec 10, 2018

SECOS Group has provided an update on the sale and leaseback of its Malaysian property. The ASX small cap has achieved a sale price of MYR 10.5 million (A$3.5 million) for the land and building.

Drought, bushfires and flooding rains – is Australia uninsurable?

Finfeed Archived Dec 06, 2018

The CEO of Bureau of Meteorology linked climate change with increasing fire risk and warned that the fire risk in QLD is set to intensify. Reports from a few days ago stated that 100 blazes were still burning across QLD.

Energy policy fail: Victorian Liberal Party is now powerless

Finfeed Archived Nov 27, 2018

Energy has been a controversial topic surrounding PM Scott Morrison’s leadership from the get-go, with the context for his rise to the most powerful position in Australia revolving around the failed National Energy Guarantee. Turnbull’s failings around this policy led to the leadership spill and this legacy has haunted Morrison ever since.

A sustainable coffee start-up, you say…

Finfeed Archived Nov 22, 2018

The Cup eXchange (TCX) is an Australian start-up dedicated to the habits of billions of people: coffee. TCX is a technology-enabled coffee cup subscription service that will officially launch to market in February 2019.

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