Environment

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has drawn “a line in the sand” on greenwashing and will no longer accept “purely aspirational” climate change targets from companies, the regulator’s deputy chair has said.

Luxury car makers BMW and Mercedes-Benz are facing separate $100 million class actions over the alleged use of cheat devices on emissions tests.

Santos has filed an appeal after Tiwi Islanders won a Federal Court challenge to a $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project, with a judge finding they were not properly consulted about the project, which they say would harm their culture and way of life.

Tiwi Islanders have won a Federal Court challenge to the $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project, with a judge finding they were not properly consulted about the project, which they say would harm their culture and way of life.

The consumer regulator has taken a page from ASIC, warning it will take action against businesses that make unsupported environmental or sustainability claims.

A judge has questioned how the government can enforce a “restrictive” undertaking with a former member of the Australian Defence Force who will give key evidence in a class action alleging the Commonwealth contaminated Indigenous land with toxic firefighting foam.

The operator of Perth Airport has sued government-owned Airservices Australia for allegedly contaminating the airport’s groundwater, which flows into the Swan River, through the use of toxic firefighting foam.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made cracking down on greenwashing one of its top enforcement priorities, as environmental, social and governance proposals by activist shareholders hit record levels.

Oil exploration company PTTEP has argued 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers who brought a class action alleging their crops were damaged after an oil spill in the Timor Sea will need to individually persuade the court to allow their claims out of time.

Tiwi Islanders will file a new application to prevent drilling continuing on Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa gas project after losing a challenge to stop the energy giant from beginning work on the first sea well.