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KPMG prints first climate risk report

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... particularly with the growing demand for ESG services. The firm set its first climate action plan in 2018, with a goal to halve emissions by 2030 from a 2019 baseline. It has now cut Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 28%. Roughly one-fifth of its ASX-200 ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Net zero by 2050 may risk up to a third of emissions abatement on a tech unproven at scale - and if it fails, plan B is much pricier, says Bloomberg. The world would have to fall back on other, potentially more expensive solutions, if carbon capture ...

CommBank exits fossil fuels as rivals fund Santos

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... comment at time of publication. However, in a public statement in July, ANZ acknowledged the energy sector was the most emissions-intensive part of its financing. ANZ claimed its financed emissions for the power generation, oil and gas and thermal coal ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... encourage producers "to create time-bound plans with clear objectives and targets for phasing out PFAS, and improved emissions management and remediation," Hazra added, as well as invest in the development and commercialisation of alternatives.

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... but we anticipate a role for carbon credits as part of achieving our 2050 goal for net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from our operations, and to meet compliance obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism Act." The Safeguard Mechanism applies ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... to update their NDCs ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference ('COP30') in Brazil in 2025. NDCs are emissions reduction commitments that signatories made under the Paris Agreement, an international binding treaty to keep warming this ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill said the purchase is "a material step" towards delivering over 60% of its Scope 3 financed emissions target of US$5bn by 2030. Woodside has not set a Scope 3 target, and its Scope 3 emissions are projected to overshoot its ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... as forestry, water and agriculture are closely linked to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require natural capital preservation." Campbell Global chief executive and chair John Gilleland said the group ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... disengaged over concerns the mining giant lobbied the federal government to remove climate change considerations, including emissions estimates, from upcoming environmental legislation. In March 2024 Rio Tinto, Hancock Prospecting, and other players ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate data provider ISS ESG removes one of the biggest hurdles for banks and insurers looking to comply to imminent emissions disclosure laws. This week ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, announced a string of upgrades to its Climate ...