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VIC SEC is back with $1 billion renewable target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... create 59,000 jobs with the goal to get the state to 95% renewables by 2035. Victoria has an emissions reduction target of net zero emissions by 2045. The first investment by the SEC will be $1 billion towards building 4.5 gigawatts of new power through ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... statement that has been published by both parties acknowledges that climate change is a systemic risk, and that both the net zero transition and the climatic changes brought about by climate change will have fiscal impacts. The statement does not state ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... research. Employment trends are reflecting a growing interest in sustainable investing as the global economy ramps up net zero emissions and reporting on ESG metrics and diversity quotas. Only 7% of asset managers believe ESG factors do not drive investment ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Construction materials company Boral is in investors' spotlight after walking back its 2025 interim net zero commitment on the way to decarbonizing by 2050. Investors participating in the Climate Action 100+ engagement with Boral, a list participant ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions-intensive regions and priority industries, co-designed with affected communities and workers. Investors hope the Net Zero Authority, alongside support from public institutions like the CEFC, ARENA, and the National Reconstruction Fund, will ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... vulnerability to climate impacts as well as dependence on the sector means uniquely positioned to lead the charge on net zero. Andrew Tout head of agricultural real estate at Centuria Capital Limited previously told FS Sustainability that while farmland ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... financial architecture and prioritise the mobilisation and alignment of private finance to enable a just transition towards net zero. "Alliance members are making solid progress towards achieving their 2025 emissions targets, showing that, step-by-step ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... companies." The Investor Group on Climate Change also endorses the view that companies' political advocacy align with their net zero targets. "Investors and many heavy emitting companies have long realised that accelerated widespread decarbonisation ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... failure of poor planning as the region saw the rapid rise of the gas industry with little benefit to the community. The Net Zero Authority hopes to address concerns around the just transition by; supporting workers in emissions-intensive sectors to upskill ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... around resilience and adaptation an either/or with mitigation activity? A: Increasingly, there is market recognition that net zero plans are vulnerable to the physical impacts of climate change (e.g., asset performance) and interdependencies between ...