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UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... introduced physical risk indicators that cover all climate scenarios endorsed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The new tool provides Bloomberg users with a new to assess exposure to climate vulnerabilities including floods, fires ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... the recommendations won't address modern slavery risk and direct air capture and storage inefficiencies. The Climate Change Authority's (CCA) review of the ACCU scheme comes amid a storm of controversies around the future of carbon credit programs ...

Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... strong long-term financial returns by supporting the necessary infrastructure for the future economy, Lill said. "Climate change mitigation, the energy transition and the road to net zero are creating some great investment opportunities for our members. ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... business and investor commitments are all topics of interest at the forthcoming COP28. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more commonly referred to ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... finds executives acknowledge the benefits of sustainable business practices and processes. Research from Capgemini finds climate disasters, regulatory pressure, and expected return on investment the key factors driving ESG strategies and initiatives ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has now effectively ditched the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and will use an auctions mechanism ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "I bring a background in government, policy and working on international issues like human rights, the SDGs and climate change where I have got a good understanding on how those international rules are created, so I bring the analytical/policy lens. ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... imperative that we maintain market integrity to attract the capital required to make the transition to net zero and ensure that climate risk is adequately priced into the market," Longo said. "With demand for sustainable products growing, it's essential ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome step" and said that ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Secretary-General's High-level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments, and former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change. "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against climate action ...