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Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Reconstruction Fund to support new-energy industries, plus $1.1 billion to go towards green skills and a "revamp of their Safeguard Mechanism - the pollution threshold that underpins Australia's carbon credit scheme -driving greater clarity and accountability ...

Labor victory likely to increase ACCU demand: CBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... research note that Labor's plan to achieve its 43% emissions reduction target by 2030 involves two proposed changes to the Safeguard Mechanism, which was introduced in 2016 to limit emissions from Australia's largest carbon-intensive facilities (100,000 ...

CBA highlights strong demand for ACCUs in push to expand carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... imbalance. There is strong demand in secondary markets, whether from local and international markets, companies, via the safeguard method, and it is unclear at this stage how demand and supply will grow together as we move forward." Using CCS activity ...

Carbon offsets essential to net zero ambitions: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... regarding carbon offsets because of the robust nature of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and their use as part of the Safeguard Mechanism. The Safeguard Mechanism requires Australia's largest greenhouse gas emitters to keep their net emissions ...

Significant cuts to industrial emissions required: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... few years." The first pathway to ratchet up action in the industrial sector is adjusting the Commonwealth's existing Safeguard Mechanism, which sets baselines for big industrial emitters. It should be modified and extended. Existing facilities should ...

IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... to become a cap-and-trade market that puts a price on carbon emissions with mandatory participation. He points to the Safeguard Mechanism, which requires Australia's largest greenhouse gas emitters to keep their net emissions below a baseline emissions ...

Assessing big tech's ESG risks and opportunities: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Tech companies such as Alphabet, Facebook and Microsoft have soared over the past 12 months and the IT sector is a large component of many ESG funds, but Aviva Investors cautions that there are ESG risks to businesses' practices that must be scrutinised. ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects, and $279.9 million for purchasing emissions reductions that are below compliance safeguard baselines. The Global CCS Institute, an international think tank whose mission is to accelerate the deployment of carbon ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The fast-growing buy now pay later (BNPL) sector has attracted investor and consumer interest and has led many entrants to jump into the Australian market. Yet investors and financial counsellors are raising concerns about the structure of BNPL products ...

FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects, and $279.9 million for purchasing emissions reductions that are below compliance safeguard baselines. The budget also featured $565.8 million of co-investment aimed at developing international collaboration on ...