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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... against EnergyAustralia in August for false or misleading advertising over its branding of fossil fuel energy products as "carbon neutral", raised concerns about the proposed phase-in approach. "The arguments for a ban like this might have made sense ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... by Energetics Decarbonising Australia's national energy market is a central tenant to achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions in line limiting global warming to 1.5°C. But there is investment risk related to the timing of when renewable ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... powder form - just add water. It was selected for its sustainability credentials - it claims its meal contribute 50% less carbon than the average US meal, and its high growth - Huel reported over $175 million of revenue in the 2022 financial year, an ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting with 66% of managers reporting ESG metrics for all funds, an increase from 59% in 2022. The top reported metric was carbon emissions (56%), followed by diversity statistics which rose from 19% in 2022 to 24%. More than a quarter (27%) of asset ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... interest in the space that we will get there." "Public funding alone is not enough - we need private funding." He also said carbon offsets offer co-benefits - for biodiversity, ecosystems, and communities. And concerns around biodiversity offsets notwithstanding ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will remain relatively stable. Decarbonisation technologies are tipped to grow 6-11% per year, mainly driven by EV and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) uptake. However, researchers found that on the current trajectory we will overshoot ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... despite growth in membership, total absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.5% from 221.2 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (mtCO2e) in 2021 to 213.4 mtCO2e in 2022. Members engaged with asset owners as a critical method to drive ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... head around it, because what you do really matters right now. "It's not you and everybody else needing to reduce your carbon emissions so that we can reduce greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, you can actually have quite a direct impact.... We really ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... common ground with the process of identifying climate risks, saying "just as we now understand that apparently harmless carbon emissions are, as they accumulate, wreaking havoc, so we are beginning to understand that modern slavery harms not only its ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... and opportunities, including investments in sustainable solutions, emerging technologies, renewable energy, and/or low-carbon products. Q: This adaptation process can't happen in isolation - how should investors and companies think about systemic ...