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New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... again be on the agenda, and it is important that what is discussed is the promotion of credible, and believable, climate action. Along with the work of the ICVCM and others delivering integrity into the VCMs, the Claims Code of Practice is a critical ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... governments at COP28 are expected to take a decision on the results to potentially accelerate action in the next round of climate action agreements in 2025. While the first stocktake has focused on climate action in the last five years, it is widely ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... program means focusing on five core areas where we believe business can have the biggest impact - gender equality, climate action, living wage, water resilience and finance and investment." The Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Change. "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against climate action, their net zero commitments are simply not credible. "We need businesses to create a climate ambition loop where private ...

Igneo refinances green credit facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... coordinator and joint lead arranger for the transaction, with ANZ, NAB and Westpac as joint lead arrangers. Igneo's Climate Action 1, 2, 3! program supports the team's net zero target, outlining its short and medium-term expectations for portfolio ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... walking back its 2025 interim net zero commitment on the way to decarbonizing by 2050. Investors participating in the Climate Action 100+ engagement with Boral, a list participant, have sent a letter to Boral's board after the company announced that ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... system level. It's a system failure that requires a collective action response. "Compared to environmental risks and climate action, our thinking on how to identify, measure and manage these risks through collective action at the market level remains ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... rising priority as well as an economy-wide challenge. The most recent Intergenerational Report focused heavily on climate action, with a new focus on the physical impacts both now and towards 2050. "Some costs related to the physical risks of climate ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... marks the second year that MDBs have exceeded 2025 climate finance targets set at the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit in 2029. These goals included US$65 billion globally with US$50 billion in climate finance for low-income and middle-income ...

Coal mine case sets climate risk precedent

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... science is not only, we argue, legally wrong, but feels like a betrayal to the Australians who voted in favour of climate action." She said that if the case had won it would have "set a precedent that all new coal and gas projects must be properly assessed ...