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NZ case for green hydrogen-powered flight

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Six international businesses including Fortescue Metals have joined forces to call for green hydrogen-fueled aircraft in New Zealand, which they say could remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050. The group New Zealand Hydrogen ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... million investment from the $650 million NZ government Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) Fund, and with Fonterra to cut emissions at six dairy factories by half by 2030 through up to $90 million from the GIDI Fund. The Ardern government banned offshore oil ...

Mike Ng named first chief sustainability officer for OCBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... finance. The bank set up a Board Sustainability Committee in February 2023, and in May announced decarbonisation targets for six sectors and the key actions needed to achieve net zero in its financed emissions by 2050. It launched two new sustainable ...

NextEnergy Capital's ESG solar fund raises $480 million at first close

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... in the sector. "NPV ESG's launch follows hot on the heels of our successful UK-focused NextPower UK ESG fund, which within six months of launch in August 2022 had secured commitments 20% above its target size of £500m, has committed most of its capital ...

University secures $450 million sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Academy's mainstream program will also be expanded to support greater participation by girls, to encourage women in STEM. "To have six KPIs in one transaction is a significant achievement and reflects the diversity and sophistication of the university's ...

Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... to stop dangerous climate change and realise the economic opportunities of net zero," Bowen said. "The end result will be six net zero sectoral plans that are robust, ambitious but achievable, and accepted by the broader community." There was broad support ...

New net zero bondholder stewardship guidance: IIGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... issuers. IIGCC's Guidance focuses on publicly listed corporate debt, with a breakdown by different bond types, as well as a six-step toolkit and examples of corporate bondholder stewardship in action. The recommended six steps for net zero stewardship ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... schemes. The MDBs committed to Paris-alignment for new financial flows in 2017. In 2019, the MDBs established a framework of six building blocks: alignment with mitigation goals, adaptation and climate-resilient operations, accelerated contribution to ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... the system is too reactive and the focus needs to be on prevention. This comes as a new report released this morning finds six in ten Australians say they have no idea the number of people in modern slavery in NSW is so high, and more than 40% incorrectly ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... the corporate to start reporting on a biodiversity related issues, four asked management to adopt a biodiversity policy, and six asked for the adoption of deforestation goals and similar actions. While the report found that the majority of sustainability ...