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Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... to prioritise climate change targets". It is projected that an investment of $50 trillion by 2050 is required to meet the Paris Agreement. This will be largely financed by governments, towards renewables. "The sovereign debt market is one of the largest ...

Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sector plans will feed in to both our Net Zero 2050 plan and strong 2035 targets which we will lodge in keeping with our Paris commitments." Bowen further announced that the waste sector will be included both in the industry plan and a focus on the circular ...

Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... adjustment investment was set to increase over the coming decades. "We are unlikely to reach the 1.5 degree goals set out in the Paris Agreement," Bylander said. "We need to help societies adjust and adapt to living in a warmer world."

Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and work on global initiatives including the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative, and the Investor Agenda. She also launched and led AIGCC's Asia Utilities Engagement ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... development banks (MDBs) have identified the financing activities most closely aligned with achieving the intent of the Paris Agreement while also defining financing coal- and peat-related activities as not aligned. The MDBs involved include the World ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... ability to issue "green, social or sustainability bonds to support the Western Australian government's commitment to the Paris Agreement, reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and progressing the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable ...

Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... respectively had 1.5 aligned SBTi targets. The tracker found disclosed corporate targets would not be enough to limit warming to a Paris-aligned 1.5°C -degrees, and found a predicted 2050 emissions reduction gap would be equivalent to current emissions ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... largest GHG emitters in the world - on their plans to decarbonise their companies, operations and products in line with the Paris Agreement. Nearly 50 Australian fund managers and asset owners belong to the organisation, and Australian focus companies ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... is a set of measurable indicators, sub-indicators, and scoring guidance for assessing the alignment of banks against the Paris Agreement. 26 banks across Europe, North America and Asia will be assessed annually against the TPI Centre's Banking Assessment ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics found only 21% providing comprehensive data sets. "While the feasibility of the 1.5-degree target set by the Paris Agreement has become more uncertain, companies will still need to transition sooner rather than later," Hall said. "Delayed ...