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Resources Shares

Is Fortescue set to be pipped at the post on green hydrogen?

| Bernd Struben

Fortescue isn’t the only ASX 200 company pressing forward with green hydrogen production.

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Resources Shares

Can you buy shares in Fortescue Future Industries?

| Tristan Harrison

Is it possible to buy a piece of Fortescue’s green energy division?

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Resources Shares

'The world is changing': CEO reveals what will help drive Rio Tinto shares in 2023 and beyond 

| Bernd Struben

Automakers are waking up to the pending bottlenecks in supplies of battery and low carbon materials.

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Energy Shares

'Massive untapped demand': The $3 trillion opportunity ASX 200 energy shares could be missing

| Bernd Struben

Deakin estimates that Islamic finance is almost a $3 trillion global industry.

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Cryptocurrencies

5 cryptos boosting their green credentials in 2022

| Bernd Struben

A number of pioneering tokens are working to minimise their emissions.

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ESG

Own BHP shares? Here's how the ASX 200 miner plans to slash emissions

| Bernd Struben

Miners have come under pressure around the globe to mitigate the environmental impacts of their operations.

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ETFs

One ASX share price opportunity I couldn't pass up if I started investing today

| Tristan Harrison

I know a type of ASX share I’d want to invest in as a beginner.

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ESG

Why we're still buying ASX 200 shares that are 'high emitters': fundie

| Bernd Struben

ESG investors have focused on future facing industries, like renewables, ignoring the large potential improvements that can be made by…

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Recent ESG News

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Resources Shares

What's happening with the Fortescue share price amid this US battery factory news?

| Bernd Struben

Fortescue is actively targeting some of the US$369 billion in clean energy initiative subsidies provided by the US Inflation Reduction…

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Resources Shares

Is Fortescue set to be pipped at the post on green hydrogen?

| Bernd Struben

Fortescue isn’t the only ASX 200 company pressing forward with green hydrogen production.

Read more »

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ETFs

Are ASX sustainability shares delivering for ESG investors?

| Bronwyn Allen

Are ESG-focused ETFs and managed funds delivering better returns than plain old index funds?

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ETFs

Want global diversification with a big focus on ESG? Try this ethical ASX ETF

| Tristan Harrison

Here’s why ethically-focused investors could love this option.

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Resources Shares

BHP share price dips amid carbon reduction news

| Bernd Struben

BHP reported on how it intends to slash carbon emissions by 30% from 2020 levels over the next seven years.

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ESG

Fortescue share price marching higher amid green iron 'major breakthrough'

| Bernd Struben

Turning iron ore into iron via conventional methods unleashes a tremendous amount of carbon emissions.

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ESG

Fortescue share price marching higher as green hydrogen plans heat up

| Bernd Struben

South Australia is forging ahead with its plans to splash $593 million on a green hydrogen plant.

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ESG

'Not sure if that's the way we should go': Why BHP shares are making news today

| Bernd Struben

BHP is trialling renewable diesel made from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at its Western Australian Yandi iron ore mine.

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Energy Shares

Is the Santos share price being stifled by 'reckless' growth?

| Bernd Struben

Santos has a number of new, multi-billion-dollar oil and gas projects in the pipeline.

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Resources Shares

Own BHP shares? Here's what the ASX 200 miner wants from the government

| Bernd Struben

BHP covered a range of topics in its submission to the federal budget.

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Resources Shares

Own BHP shares? Here's how the ASX 200 miner is cutting emissions

| Bernd Struben

BHP is committed to cutting its operational greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030, relative to its 2020…

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Energy Shares

Own Santos shares? Here's why the ASX 200 company's net-zero plan is taking heat

| Bernd Struben

Greenwashing, in a nutshell, is when a company misrepresents its carbon reduction plans or other sustainability measures.

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ESG

Fortescue share price dips despite green hydrogen milestone 'worth celebrating'

| Bernd Struben

Green hydrogen is produced using renewable electricity through electrolysis.

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Bank Shares

Looking to buy CBA shares? Here's what you need to know

| Bernd Struben

Despite a growing global and domestic push towards zero emissions, CBA is taking a more pragmatic approach to its financing…

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ESG

Are Yamaha and Toyota about to upend the ASX lithium share party?

| Bernd Struben

Latin Resources shares have soared 200% over the past year amid record lithium prices.

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Share Market News

Could this be a blow to the fortunes of Fortescue Future Industries?

| Bernd Struben

FFI has targeted producing 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030.

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Resources Shares

Can you buy shares in Fortescue Future Industries?

| Tristan Harrison

Is it possible to buy a piece of Fortescue’s green energy division?

Read more »

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ESG

Could this give some ASX lithium shares the edge?

| Matthew Farley

A new tailwind could be on the horizon for ASX lithium companies that embrace zero-carbon production methods.

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ESG

'Green premium': What could it mean for the Vulcan Energy share price?

| Matthew Farley

The ASX's low-carbon lithium producer has welcomed the findings of a new report.

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A mining worker wearing a white hardhat and a high vis vest stands on a platform overlooking a huge mine, thinking about what comes next.
Resources Shares

'The world is changing': CEO reveals what will help drive Rio Tinto shares in 2023 and beyond 

| Bernd Struben

Automakers are waking up to the pending bottlenecks in supplies of battery and low carbon materials.

Read more »

Group of children dressed in green hold up a globe relating to climate change.
Energy Shares

'Massive untapped demand': The $3 trillion opportunity ASX 200 energy shares could be missing

| Bernd Struben

Deakin estimates that Islamic finance is almost a $3 trillion global industry.

Read more »

A wide-smiling businessman in suit and tie rips open his shirt to reveal a green t-shirt underneath
Cryptocurrencies

5 cryptos boosting their green credentials in 2022

| Bernd Struben

A number of pioneering tokens are working to minimise their emissions.

Read more »

Happy woman miner with her thumb up signalling Wyloo's commitment to back IGO's takeover of Western Areas nickel
ESG

Own BHP shares? Here's how the ASX 200 miner plans to slash emissions

| Bernd Struben

Miners have come under pressure around the globe to mitigate the environmental impacts of their operations.

Read more »

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ESG

Own BHP shares? 'Almost unbelievable' breakthrough could be key to miner's climate strategy

| Bernd Struben

The Federal Government is considering whether carbon stored in tailings dams will count towards carbon credits and offset schemes.

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Travel Shares

Qantas share price lifts amid new sustainability partnership

| Bernd Struben

Airlines are turning to sustainable aviation fuel to reduce their carbon emissions.

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ETFs

One ASX share price opportunity I couldn't pass up if I started investing today

| Tristan Harrison

I know a type of ASX share I’d want to invest in as a beginner.

Read more »

A Santos oil and gas company employee stands in a field looking at an ipad with an oil rig in the background and grey skies above representing carbon in the atmosphere
ESG

Why we're still buying ASX 200 shares that are 'high emitters': fundie

| Bernd Struben

ESG investors have focused on future facing industries, like renewables, ignoring the large potential improvements that can be made by…

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Energy Shares

How have ASX renewable energy shares been performing in May?

| Zach Bristow

No sprouts of green this month for the sector.

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Energy Shares

Own ASX 200 energy shares? Here's the 'key risk to watch' post election

| Bernd Struben

If Labor doesn't win a majority government, the Greens and newly elected teal members could push through with tougher emissions…

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Economy

If the 'election outcome is deeply consequential for clean energy investment', which ASX shares might benefit?

| Zach Bristow

Let's check what greater climate action might mean for some ASX shares.

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ESG

How soon can Fortescue start making money from green hydrogen?

| Bernd Struben

Green hydrogen comes from splitting water molecules into their elemental parts.

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ESG

The ASX 200 share 'at the sweet spot of decarbonisation': expert

| Bernd Struben

Some 80% of rare earths are still produced and treated in China.

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How to invest

Direct indexing: What is this latest investing fad?

| Tony Yoo

It's the hottest new stock investment concept that's labelled 'ETF version 2'. How does it work and who's offering it…

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ESG

2 ASX All Ords shares helping the planet and the back pocket

| Mitchell Lawler

What better way to spend Earth Day then brushing up on two companies developing more sustainable technologies...

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ESG

Here are the best ASX renewables shares of the year so far

| Zach Bristow

Green wasn't so green last quarter...

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ESG

Maximise ASX share gains or invest ethically? The SUPER dilemma

| Bernd Struben

Renewable energy companies can't currently match the outsized gains posted by their fossil fuel peers.

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ESG

Own ASX renewable energy shares? Here's why 'the energy transition will be good for us'

| Zach Bristow

Australia looks well positioned.

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ESG

Here's what ESG investors should know about cryptos like Bitcoin

| Bernd Struben

It's estimated that Bitcoin uses as much energy each year as the entire nation of Holland.

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Resources Shares

Buying ASX shares to cash in on the EV and battery metals craze? Read this

| Zach Bristow

Are EVs and battery metals really emissions free? Some experts say not.

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ESG

Own Telstra shares? Here's how the telco plans to use drones to create carbon credits

| Bernd Struben

Atop cutting emissions, companies are also working on removing carbon from the air.

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