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IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Agency's (ARENA) to make investments with higher risk tolerance in the priority sectors, and update Emissions Reduction Fund goals to greater incentivises businesses, households, and landowners to reduce emissions. The report found that while ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... market businesses with an enterprise value of $100 million to $500 million. The CEFC investment will help drive emissions reduction across portfolio companies in the fund. This will entail Crescent setting decarbonisation pathways for each acquired company ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... impact tool to provide investors with "their own periodic impact report, so they can track the progress of emissions reduction activities," the CEFC said. Artesian will also expand its own internal reporting tool, to assess the reporting frameworks on ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... limiting global warming to 2°C exceeds the cost of mitigation in most of the assessed literature". While emissions reduction is important, adaptation measures are also necessary, particularly in the most vulnerable areas where those facing systematic ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... a total of $51.2 billion assets under management. The company said it is on track to reach its interim 50% emissions reduction target by 2025. The company signed a 100% renewable electricity agreement with CleanCo, a Queensland Government-owned renewables ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Orica is gearing up to move to "near real time" reporting and forecasting on the company's greenhouse gasses emissions and reductions. The listed mining and infrastructure solutions provider has extended an existing relationship with Cognizant, which ...

Safeguard Mechanism reforms to prompt ACCU demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... facilities," CBA said in the research piece. "The government would likely need to incentivise ACCU deliveries to the Emissions Reduction Fund (via more future fixed carbon abatement contracts (CAC)). "Such a step could see ACCU supply dry up from the ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...

Chubb Review recommends reforms to ACCU governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... constituting a more independent Carbon Abatement Integrity Committee (CAIC) with a full-time chair to replace the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC), the separation of governance, ACCU purchasing and method development functions currently ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Spiro Premetis. "A mandatory climate risk reporting regime is needed if Australia is to meet its national emissions reduction targets. It will lead to better quality and more consistent disclosures across the economy and a more efficient allocation of ...