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81 major investors lock in climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... members that have set targets. The industry-led asset owner alliance said members have reduced absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions by an average of at least 6% annually, putting them on track to meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's ...

Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... information may impede an effective and timely response to climate change." Santos Ltd is the second largest listed oil and gas company in Australia. The ACCR commenced action against Santos in 2021 alleging the energy giant breached the Corporations ...

Green moves at Future Group, AusSuper, Birdwood, Minderoo, Mutual Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... spearheaded an investor group writing to 35 of the highest emitting companies in the FTSE 350 index including those in the oil and gas, utilities and mining sectors. It famously produces a Mental Health Benchmark ranking 101 UK-listed companies, on how ...

Economic woes hit ESG trades

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... energy security concerns are leading investors to sectors that "may not perfectly align with ESG principles", including oil and gas companies. There is also a rise in AI integration, from 12% in 2023 to 15% in 2024, with twice as many male investors ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... its willingness to assist our teams service a vast array of organisations navigate, measure and quantify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to an assurance ready standard," said Nicholas Guest, assurance and advisory partner at HLB Mann Judd Sydney. ...

UniSuper defends APA stake amid member backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... APA following member backlash. More than 1000 UniSuper members have accused the fund of greenwashing for its plans to enable gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory. Located 500 kilometres south of Darwin, the site has been touted as a ...

Clean energy approvals increase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's heaviest emitters that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year - including oil and gas producers, mining, and heavy industry - are forced reduce their emissions to the baseline or buy offsets to meet ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... entities are likely to be involved in the value chain of larger Group 1 and 2 entities, requiring them to provide greenhouse gas emission data to meet Scope 3 GHG disclosures," Conway said.

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... expanding fossil fuels. "Yet Australia's main environmental law does not currently require decision-makers to consider greenhouse gas emissions or climate change impacts when assessing projects." The BCA declined to comment.

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie executives unanimously believe in their companies' ability to grow while reducing greenhouse gas emissions but want Canberra to move faster, according to Deloitte. The professional services firm's annual CxO Sustainability Report, which ...