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Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... technology and services can yield not only technology gains, but also assist Australian companies in reducing carbon emissions, according to research from Deloitte. In a recent report, Deloitte noted that cloud-based technologies are "five times more ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... environmental risk they can take on. It's like a budget - increasingly, over time, you need a trajectory to cut your carbon emissions, or we are not going to fund you." First Sentier research suggests that companies' management of ESG-related issues ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... statement. "Electric calcination, when powered with renewable energy, has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions." Electrification of calciners would allow for residual energy, currently lost as steam, to be captured and reused, which ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... 's 2021 roundtable on the r oad to net zero 2050, noting that Cbus Super's goal was to seek the removal of carbon emissions in underlying assets, rather than just removing carbon risk to portfolio by divesting from the heaviest emitters.

QIC adds office fund to net zero commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
QIC has upped the ante on its 2028 net zero carbon emissions goals for its real estate holdings by adding its more than $300 million office fund to the commitment. The $328 million QIC Office Fund (QOF) is part of QIC's $17.2 billion real estate portfolio ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... sides of the same coin." Measuring biodiversity destruction and impacts is far more complicated than measuring carbon emissions or climate risk, said Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. "There ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
US listed companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment under draft rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As part of the proposed rules ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... will be enhancements to existing processes involving iron ore processing and technologies directed at reducing carbon emissions from existing iron and steelmaking processes. There is a role for purchasing carbon offsets to meet net zero, because there ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Active Super's fixed income investments are the single largest contributor to its portfolio carbon emissions, with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... every avenue open to us," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. "Soil organic carbon has a vital role to play in reducing carbon emissions in Australia's agricultural sector. Putting the best data and technology in the hands of farmers, financial institutions ...