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Uni partnership to turbocharge innovation in CO2 product manufacturing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... research to make a difference to the environment we need to identify methods and frameworks for embedded emissions accounting that can unlock growing markets for abated carbon products and services," Tanksale said. "Not only will our research be an investment ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... be improved levels of funding, policy development and corporate cooperation to get them off the ground, plus robust accounting and verification regimes. Smith specifies the agriculture sector as a prime foundation for Australia's biodiversity offset ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... negative (climate positive) to the tune of 6.6t [tonnes] of CO2 buried for every tonne of livestock carried, after accounting for all emissions. "The land management techniques used by Carly and Grant have added 47,000 tonnes of soil organic carbon to ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... made the announcement at the Emissions Reduction Summit in Sydney on Friday, stating: "They were never more than an accounting trick to try and make it look like we're on track to make commitments and targets." Under the 1997 Kyoto protocol, developed ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... financial information for digital reporting is the lion's share of the cost, consisting of software licensing, training accounting staff and XBRL tagging of information. However, on the flip side, post-transition to a digital reporting format, labour ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... communicating risk-related information to consumers. It will also establish educational programs in collaboration with accounting and other professional bodies to upskill and prepare industry. UNSW ICRR director professor Ben Newell commented: "UNSW ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... European Sustainability Reporting Standards. TNFD co-chair David Craig commented that businesses are "inadequately accounting for nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. Nature-risk is sitting in company cash flows and capital ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... series of processes that are underway to set the rules for what are biodiversity metrics, what sort of natural capital accounting we should do, as well as carbon accounting," said ISFC convening chair and chair of New Forests David Brand. "We're ...

Will service stations be stranded assets?

TIM JOHNSTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Retailers against the commonly held perception that they will ultimately be stranded assets. With the transport sector accounting for 14% of global carbon emissions (refer Figure 1), internal combustion engines (ICEs) are directly in the firing line ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... inflation. "This is because energy prices have a sizeable direct impact on inflation, with retail electricity and gas prices accounting for around 3 per cent of the CPI basket" she said. "There are also indirect effects, as businesses can be expected ...