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CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... CO 2 -e through the abatement of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide "The global warming potential of nitrous oxide emissions are much more potent than carbon dioxide emissions," CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth said. ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... companies should be reporting on absolute emissions using calculations based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which is a global voluntary framework "to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations ...

COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... change. The G20 World Leader's Summit in Rome that directly preceded the kick-off of COP26, plus the participation of global heads of state in the first week of COP26 brought extra challenges for negotiating delegations, noted Emily Gerrard, director ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... catalysing private finance. "We need greater ambition - you can't escape from that," Dodwell said. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. The transformation in the past two years, you can't ...

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the Value Reporting Foundation and others will provide the foundations to achieve this goal." ISSB will be the primary global sustainability standard setter. It will sit alongside IASB, the body that develops and issues international financial reporting ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... (COP26), one of the issues at play will be how to measure and manage the transition from the current, fossil-fuel powered global economy to the low carbon economy that is intended by 2050. This transition brings opportunity, but also risk. Transition ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
A partnership of investors including New Forests have announced they will create a fund to invest in the sustainable forestry sector in sub-Saharan Africa. The announcement by CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution, Finnfund, the Finnish ...

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... technology and digitalisation and cyber security risk as having the most impact by 2025. "Climate change will change the global economy," Vamos said. "We will have to take on climate change refugees, we will be coping with different pricing mechanisms ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... International has pledged to have CO 2 emissions across its portfolio by 50% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The global fund manager has introduced an enhanced, engagement-led climate investing policy to support its net zero commitment, and has ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... greater ambition - you can't escape from that," said Impax head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. The transformation in the past two years, you can't ...