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China opposes UN calls for net zero shipping by 2050

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... made the call at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee in London this week. Shipping transports around 90% of world trade and makes up almost 3% of global emissions. The IMO has so far pledged ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... First Sentier Investors has appointed Sudip Hazra director of its Sustainable Investment Institute. Hazra, who is based in London, was previously director of ESG Research at Invesco EMEA where he led implementation of a global net zero investment research ...

First two ISSB standards released - what investors need to know

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... conference and a week of events hosted by stock exchanges around the world including in Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Lagos, London, New York, Santiago de Chile, and hosted by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum in Singapore. ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber said the ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... companies to provide software and network solutions to big emitters including Schneider Electric, KPMG, and the City of London. Assessing Scope 3 emissions can be challenging, but Cajic said companies should adopt spend-based approaches, leveraging existing ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... by the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) next week. McBrien, an Australian who is based in London, has played an active role in establishing and overseeing the work of the ISSB. For more than a decade, she was managing director ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... recognizes that the move towards net-zero emissions is a significant opportunity as well as a risk. However, as Imperial College London academic Jim Skea noted in an opening address, a wider perspective is required to reflect the particular national ...

Hybrid working can reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... services firm, measured the environmental impact of various hybrid work arrangements in six cities across the US and UK: London, Manchester, Glasgow, Los Angeles, New York City, and Atlanta. The study found that hybrid work models can reduce carbon emissions ...

Podcast: Greening corporate finance - Alison Chan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank where she was director, sustainable finance, as a senior advisor to the Climate Bonds Initiative, based in London, and began her career as an attorney.

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
A London-based activist investor has called Santos' growth strategy "misguided, reckless and driven by fundamental misalignment between executive incentives and shareholder interests." Snowcap Research, which is an investor in Santos, has issued ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... ESG and sustainability policy and regulatory issues globally. Rhys Foulkes has also been appointed a RI specialist in the London office. He moves into that role in the new yar from his current role as a senior credit analyst at FSI. The recent additions ...