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NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Commitment to Climate Action, working towards aligning business operations and lending portfolios to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. When NAB announced in September it was launching SLDs in Australia Jenkins explained that they are an "additional ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... integrating regenerative farming methods and improved land management techniques to optimise yield productivity, reduce carbon emissions and sequester carbon. Data from the CSIRO, including their Yieldgap research, will allow the platform to look at ...

Carbon offsets essential to net zero ambitions: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... to the Grattan Institute. The Grattan Institute has published Towards net zero: Practical policies to offset carbon emissions, the fourth in a series of five reports examining policy actions to help achieve net zero outcomes in Australia. Grattan Institute ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... documented a formal Carbon Reduction Plan, so that we can meet future targets and go beyond simply offsetting our carbon emissions. "In the current plan, we propose to implement multiple projects to ensure that we reach our business commitment to 100% ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... engage independently or as a group with regulators and policymakers to facilitate the transition to net zero carbon emissions. "By joining the Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative, Frontier is proudly and publicly committing to develop capabilities ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... important role in society in a net zero economy." Last year, IFM Investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2019 financial year. FM Investors' infrastructure assets ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... its impact in the future. "It starts with where a company might be at the current point in time, in terms of carbon emissions for example. We're looking to further enhance our toolset to capture what a company is going to do in the future - such ...

CEFC invests in specialist disability accommodation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and more comfortable homes, improving financial, health and social outcomes for tenants, as well as reducing carbon emissions." Houses to be developed by the platform will target an average of at least 7.5 stars under the Nationwide Housing Energy Rating ...

Significant cuts to industrial emissions required: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... If Australia is to meet net zero emissions by 2050, the industrial sector will have to significantly cut its carbon emissions through a combination of policies and actions, according to the Grattan Institute. The Grattan Institute has published Towards ...

Mercer names global head of sustainable investment research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... strong and sustainable investment returns by positioning for the transition to an economy with low or net zero carbon emissions as well as other sustainable investment trends." Goel joined Mercer in 2010 and has led Mercer's coverage of sustainable themed ...