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Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... economy and advancing Australia's leadership on sustainability. "We're pairing all this with six sector decarbonisation plans for our economy - in energy, industry, agriculture, transport, resources and the built environment - to map out an efficient ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will transition to intensity-based targets for FY30 and beyond. This approach is in alignment with SBTi Sectoral Decarbonisation Approach for the cement industry and provides the appropriate base starting point for setting our FY30 targets aligned with ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... predicted to decline over coming decades as renewable power dominates the energy mix with increasing investments and decarbonisation driven by electric vehicles. McKinsey's Global Energy Perspective 2023 predicts that renewables cost will decline, however ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... net zero targets. "Investors and many heavy emitting companies have long realised that accelerated widespread decarbonisation has the highest net return when it comes to climate risk and opportunities, and commitments along those lines are common," said ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... difference is that we are a tiny player on the world, with 1.3% of global emissions. If we are not just to do our own decarbonisation but play a role to decarbonise iron and steel, we have the opportunity to help decarbonise 9% of global emissions through ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... new flows of clean energy. It will also make a positive impact on the achievement of Australia's important decarbonisation ambitions." The NSW government estimates that by 2030 the roadmap will have supported the delivery of at least 12 GW of additional ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering enormous changes in how we power our economy, build ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Sandra Lee. "Not only is forestry a portfolio diversifier, but it also supports the global transition towards decarbonisation through carbon storage as well as substitution to sustainable timber material. We look forward to working closely with New Forests ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top carbon-emitting companies are still failing to align their decarbonisation targets with the end goal of containing global warming at 1.5° by 2050, according to the latest assessment by Climate Action 100+. Emissions at the 14 Australian ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... largest private sector enterprise Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company, to manufacture renewable energy and decarbonisation equipment in Australia. The equipment will supply utilities companies including Origin Energy.