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Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Steering the economy away from emissions-intensive industries comes significant social and economic risks that arise from transitioning communities. Institutional investors need to integrate these risks into their strategies or risk a "messy, chaotic ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... with all our abundant renewable energy to help the rest of the world decarbonize." Boele pointed to lithium value-add industries in WA as well as reserves in manganese, cobalt and other critical minerals. She noted that more optimal policy settings are ...

Two-thirds of boards lack ESG understanding: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... US on a variety of corporate governance issues over the past 15 years. This year 619 directors across over a dozen industries participated in the study, 72% of which represented companies with annual revenues of more than $1 billion. 64% of respondents ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... happened at ASX-listed companies Woodside (49% against), Santos (37% against) and AGL (30% against). "The companies and industries that are more likely to push back on mandatory transition plan disclosure are those with limited transition opportunities ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... decline, there will be stranded assets. Workers compensation will be interesting, because it's a well-known fact that in industries that are declining there is a rise in claim rates... but there will also be opportunities." "You won't necessarily be ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... including MidOcean Energy. In August Brookfield signed a MoU with India's largest private sector enterprise Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company, to manufacture renewable energy and decarbonisation equipment in Australia. The equipment will ...

Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. The report also found that deforestation and nature loss in Australia is predominantly being funded by European and ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, (Hong Kong SAR), India, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US) and 11 industries. It examined the correlation between a company's total stock returns (comprising dividends and capital appreciation) ...

NZ case for green hydrogen-powered flight

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... make that happen. It is a first step and Airbus is committed to leveraging our expertise to work with government, iwi, industries and other stakeholders to bring it to life." Christchurch-based company Fabrum is also working on hydrogen aviation projects. ...

Men receiving higher salary increases than women: ADP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... continues. "This is particularly worrisome given the current economic challenges Australian workers are facing across all industries. People are grappling with genuine financial difficulties including utility prices and interest rates, and it is disheartening ...