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Divestment from sanctioned Russian companies a matter of governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Russian securities if the underlying company appears on the ever-growing list of sanctioned entities by the federal government, meaning divestment from certain Russian securities moves beyond ethical divestment calls into the realm of governance and ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... to see further increases in the depth and sophistication of recommended metric and targets. "Irrespective of Federal government action or inaction, Australia's financial regulators will continue to play a leadership role in responding to climate change," ...

Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The federal government needs to invest in the national energy grid to support the transition to renewable energy, according to the head of Vestas Wind Systems Australia and New Zealand. "Though we've had great success in keeping up the rollout of ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has purchased nearly 100,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet carbon neutral commitments for its property portfolio. ISPT has purchased and surrendered 97,000 ACCUs, representing one metric tonne of ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... tipping point for the transition to net zero emissions in Australia as evidenced by recent announcements from the federal government. While promisingly, many of the companies assessed for this report have set net zero targets, it is unclear based on ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Researchers at RMIT have called on the federal government to set a net zero target for 2035, re-introduce a national price on carbon and mandate reporting of carbon emissions to support businesses in achieving decarbonisation goals. Lead author of the ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
A Brisbane-based engineering firm has received a $1 million grant from the federal government to build a small-scale waste management solution that turns organic waste into energy. Finn Biogas received a grant from the Business Research and Innovation ...

Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... reducing agricultural emissions: first, to include agriculture and land in a net zero target. Secondly, the federal government should encourage deployment of lower emissions technology and practices. This can be done through the Emissions Reduction Fund ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Boral has announced net zero commitments aligned to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Boral will reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46% by 2030 and will reduce relevant Scope 3 emissions by 22%, both from a 2019 baseline. The targets ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... a new commodity, and that commodity is the environmental market." Based solely on current activities in the federal government's Emissions Reduction Fund, generation of carbon credits and biodiversity activities already have a measurable, positive return ...