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Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... production. The Climate Escalation Programme is our flagship 'climate action' programme. It is focused on 30 companies within the oil and gas, mining and utilities sectors which contribute towards a staggering 30% of annual global emissions when factoring ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... those risks. Recently, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed a court case which will challenge oil and gas producer Santos' net zero emission target in relation to the viability of carbon capture and storage and environmental ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... burned this summer, in Oregon - close to 100,000 acres has burned since early July. "If you don't dig up or extract coal/oil/gas, it stays in the ground forever. If you do dig it up and you offset it, there's no guarantee that a forest will be ...

ASX companies not disclosing labour hire risks: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... a review of reporting by 37 ASX 100 companies in sectors including: airlines and airports, casinos, construction, mining, oil and gas exploration, property management, retail, utilities, supermarkets, and warehousing. "Across the board we're finding ...

Santos sued over clean energy, net zero claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Oil and gas producer Santos' claims that natural gas provides clean energy and that the company has a pathway to net zero emissions by 2040 will be challenged in federal court. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has filed a ...

Significant cuts to industrial emissions required: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... within the industrial sector. "We can divide these facilities into three broad groups: those which extract and process coal, oil, and gas, those which extract and process other minerals and metal, and those which manufacture other products," said Grattan ...

Gender pay gaps "sabotage" diversity, profits: UniSA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... gender, Gould said. The research established that the three sectors with the largest gender pay gaps are energy, including oil and gas drilling, but excluding mining, information technology and industrials, and the three industries with the smallest ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... dedicated ESG investment options (designed to avoid companies involved in the production, generation, or transmission of coal, oil or gas) with over $12 billion in funds under management across these options. The Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) ...

Not all oil stocks are out on ESG grounds: Pendal Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Not all oil and gas companies are alike when it comes to ESG characteristics and transitioning to net zero, according to Pendal Group. As diversified oil and gas companies realign their operations towards a carbon-constrained future, investors have ...

Banks' role in global decarbonisation under spotlight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... countries." Butters noted that banks have begun strengthening policies, such as announcing withdrawals from lending to artic oil and tar sands activities, but not all policies are fully aligned. "They're stopping the unabated lending now, but to hit ...