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• Construction starts on SA hydrogen plant
  
• New WA grant for EV charger installation
  
• Australia being left behind in clean energy investment: Clean Energy Council

• WA hydrogen plant signs customers, acquires solar
  
• The ASI releases updated sustainable steel certification
  
• Science-based targets network launches RFP for nature targets
  
• Blue carbon projects win support

The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute has released its recommendations for the development of an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy to guide public company reporting of climate impact and sustainability initiatives.

• Regulator details NGER compliance focus
  
• Sydney City to avoid investments in 'harmful' coal, gas and oil
  
• Bioenergy grants on offer

If the world acts to keep warming below two degrees, average international carbon prices are likely to be between US$50 and US$80 a tonne by 2030, says a new analysis from BHP Billiton.

• Cap diesel rebate claims: ACF
  
• BCA chief acknowledges move to 'circular economy'
  
• Victorian Government introduces 'environmental justice' award

BP has acceded to shareholder demands for greater disclosure of its carbon risks, while an Australian super fund has backed efforts to secure a US investigation of reporting by Chevron and ExxonMobil.

Banks and investors no longer automatically accept proponent and government assurances on environmental risk, and are now increasingly doing their own risk analysis on finance for major projects, according to the Investor Group on Climate Change.

A new Australian Conservation Foundation report says the nation's big four banks can't finance Galilee Basin coal projects while meeting their obligations under the Equator Principles.

There are lessons for companies and investors in ANU's decision to divest from seven businesses, and the fall-out from it.