South32 says uncertainty over the approval of a key metallurgical coal mine expansion is behind a $997 million write-down of its coal business, and the company has laid out its reasons for seeking a court order that consent was invalidly refused.
AGL would have to explain ahead of its demerger how capital expenditure by the two new companies would align with Paris goals, under a shareholder climate change resolution.
A Manildra subsidiary has won approval to earn carbon credits from phasing out its use of coal, several years after introducing systems that increased its coal use.
The federal government is planning to allow ERF coal mine waste gas projects to earn carbon credits for an extra five years, beyond their original seven-year crediting period.
An adaption of AGL's logo, developed in response to a Greenpeace brief to make the company's brand "toxic", didn't breach copyright law, the Federal Court has ruled.