Financial decision

Rising electricity costs were one factor, but so too was the tumbling price of large-scale clean energy, Mr O’Sullivan said: “Ultimately this will leave the business financially better off”.

While a few high-profile businesses have made a virtue of supporting renewable energy – such as Sanjeev Gupta’s “green steel” plan for the Whyalla steelworks – few companies in Australia have also set a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal.

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