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New report finds global carbon markets hit new record amid energy crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... for households, businesses, and governments alike, but it only increases the importance of decisive climate action." Australia looks set to introduce an emissions trading scheme for the hard-to-abate sector of industrial emitters in July 1 2023 following ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Bank Australia has announced that it will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 64% by 2030 as an interim step to net zero by 2035. The mutual bank's target, which applies to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and covers its financed emissions, has been validated ...

Podcast: Recognising tomorrow's sustainability winners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Foundation, which runs the annual Banksia Foundation Sustainability Awards. The awards have highlighted organisations around Australia, of all sizes and industries, for their sustainability performance for more than 30 years. Graz is going to talk about ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable bond issuance globally has surpassed US$3 trillion, yet less than 1 percent of that amount is dedicated to bonds that empower women and girls as a priority objective. With gender lens investing gaining traction as part of overall sustainable ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has launched its first green bond, with a €500 million issuance linked to the company's circular business and sustainability performance. This is the first green bond issued by an Australian company that is linked to circular ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Companies should take a systems-level approach to making mental health and wellbeing fundamental to their workplaces, according to new recommendations by a mental health not for profit. batyr, a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation focusing ...

Podcast: Greening corporate finance - Alison Chan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... packed a lot of career experience into a short amount of time and we going to talk the state of sustainable finance in Australia as well as the future and why she became a climate quitter. Chan joined Metrics in 2021 and is responsible for developing ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Review and Continual Improvement; and Tenant-Operated Operations. The standard went through a year-long pilot program in Australia, with participants covering ~540,000 hectares across 21 crop types across all six states, and include PSP investee companies ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Giant Leap released its second Impact Startups Benchmark Report, which provides details on the impact startup space in Australia and around the world. There was an overall pullback in publicly reported venture capital investments in 2022. In 2021, the ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... can see the impact of climate change in the natural disasters in California or Florida, in Pakistan, across Europe and Australia, and in many other places around the world. "There's more flooding, more wildfires, and more intense storms. In fact, it's ...