Paper manufacturer Opal is pressing ahead with plans for a large waste-to-energy plant at its mill in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, but will start with a smaller processing capacity.
The ACCC has given Boral until Friday to respond to concerns raised with the agency over the company's bid to secure exclusive rights to waste fly-ash from a Queensland coal-fired power station.
The Ballarat processing plant of McCain Foods has achieved a 20% improvement in water efficiency over the past year, and is working towards achieving the company's global goals on waste and carbon.
The ACCC has continued a losing streak of cases over company environmental claims, with the Full Federal Court dismissing its appeal about Woolworths' labelling.
EPA Victoria has granted approval for a $56 million pilot plant that will extract magnesium metal from waste fly-ash sourced from Energy Australia's Yallourn brown coal power station.
Woolworths will attempt to measure scope 3 emissions linked to customer use of its products, while COVID disrupted its trialling of the sale of unwrapped produce, according to its latest sustainability report.
US global investment firm KKR has taken a minority stake in Australia's largest carbon offsets company, and former Business Council president Grant King has joined its board.