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• Electric commercial fleets don’t increase insurance risk: Zurich
  
• Global trade of "green goods" hits record high: UN
  
• Strategic water purchasing tender now open

Phase one trials for the federal government's Guarantee of Origin (GO) Scheme for hydrogen production are now complete with participants successfully using an emissions calculator to estimate well-to-gate emissions for their hydrogen projects, according to the Clean Energy Regulator's Midway Report.

The European Commission plans to adopt a new directive requiring companies operating within the bloc to have their environmental claims verified independently, and clearly disclose their use of offsets to achieve emissions commitments.

• Etihad faces ACCC complaint over greenwashing
  
• ACCU price drifts lower
  
• Microsoft making progress on water positive commitments

Highlights include CER record ACCU volumes; Renewable project roundup; Grant opportunities. Jobs include roles with Virgin Australia, John Holland, and BUMA Australia.

• NOPSEMA opens feedback period for new research strategy
  
• Major Perth solar array to switch on this month
  
• H2 one step closer to waste-plastics-to-hydrogen plant
  
• Greens push for more detail on Victorian coal-to-hydrogen project
  
• CSIRO launches new satellite water quality monitoring system

• "Not an ultimatum" on new gas projects says Greens Senator
  
• NBN raises $2.1 billion in European green bond market
  
• Jemena and Origin team-up for new biomethane venture
  
• New technology aims to clean-up microplastics

Having a hard cap on the amount of ACCUs that a company can use under the Safeguard Mechanism would be impractical and would prevent businesses from making the decarbonisation changes they will have to make, Carbon Market Institute chair and energy market expert, Dr Kerry Schott told the National Press Club today.

• New research on major projects adds to Greens argument
  
• New ESG risk rating tool for investors
  
• Governments can easily fix eastern state gas supply inequity: ACCC
  
• Queensland announces new battery for Emerald

• New climate research centre launched under Australia-Fiji partnership
  
• Queensland's new recycling fund selects first three projects
  
• Melbourne completes construction of water services solar farm