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Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill said the purchase is "a material step" towards delivering over 60% of its Scope 3 financed emissions target of US$5bn by 2030. Woodside has not set a Scope 3 target, and its Scope 3 emissions are projected to overshoot its ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... as forestry, water and agriculture are closely linked to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require natural capital preservation." Campbell Global chief executive and chair John Gilleland said the group ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... disengaged over concerns the mining giant lobbied the federal government to remove climate change considerations, including emissions estimates, from upcoming environmental legislation. In March 2024 Rio Tinto, Hancock Prospecting, and other players ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate data provider ISS ESG removes one of the biggest hurdles for banks and insurers looking to comply to imminent emissions disclosure laws. This week ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, announced a string of upgrades to its Climate ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help reduce emissions, starting with Ampol and IFM undertaking a feasibility assessment of a renewable fuels facility at Ampol's Lytton ...

First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... first carbon futures contracts will improve access to carbon markets to allow market participants to price and hedge emissions reduction risk. The three futures contracts available today on the ASX 24 Market are: physically delivered Large Generation ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... US$4.3 trillion worth of bonds and shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn), and Capital Group ($165 bn) were identified as having ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... undisclosed sum. The captured CO2 "will not be used to produce oil and gas". Microsoft's overall greenhouse gas emissions were 15.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in financial year 2023. This is an increase of 29.1% from ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... 2019 Climate Pledge. According to Amazon's recently released sustainability report, the company's direct operational emissions (Scope 1) increased by 7% in 2023. The company attributes this primarily to its transportation and logistics. Globally, Amazon ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... facilitate transition finance. https://www.fssustainability.com.au/investor-group-with-us2tr-aum-to-measure-avoided-emissions Assets under management in ESG-integrated strategies grew by 6.4% in 2023. At the end of 2023, 98% of assets were ESG-integrated ...