Accelerating progress to net-zero and ensuring heavy industry decarbonises will be a key focus for the Climate Change Authority for the next few years, according to new board member Susie Smith.
A proposed overhaul of a global aluminium stewardship scheme would introduce new greenhouse gas requirements, but would make accreditation easier for Australian smelters.
BlueScope says its newly-announced plan to stick with coal-based steelmaking doesn't mean it has given up on deeper medium-term emission cuts or a switch to zero-carbon technologies.
Rio Tinto has committed to holding an advisory shareholder vote on its climate action efforts, just days after Shell made a similar pledge, and has set new scope 3 targets.
Half of Australia's biggest-emitting mining, metals, oil and gas companies are now aiming for net-zero operational emissions by 2050, and most have adopted this goal in the past 12 months.