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ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to transition ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... services sectors. The superfund has called on ASX 300 companies to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. A participant in investor-led initiative Climate Action 100+, HESTA is ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 2023. At the summit, the shadow minister for climate change Ted O'Brien reiterated the Coalition's support for reaching net zero by 2050. This comes as Australia's leading engineers and scientists at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and ...

Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... annual key performance indicators to measure the delivery of their climate transition plan, disclose annual progress on net zero strategy and show how executive pay aligns with interim target delivery and transition plans. The fund will develop further ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... BlackRock, and has received anchor support from Prudential, one of the largest asset owners in Asia and a member of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance. The ETF tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Climate Action Index, part of the suite of MSCI Climate Action ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible," said newly appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the ...

Mandatory sustainability calculator streamlines housing approvals

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... employment zones. Georges River Council mayor Nick Katris said the tool was developed to help meet the council's target of net zero carbon emissions in the community by 2050. It will also help to meet the community's need for increased housing ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... benchmark will provide investors with the necessary metrics to help assess diversified mining companies' transition plans to net zero. Produced by Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, the Net ...

New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 2021. Ministry of Trade and Industry senior director Tang Zhi Hui stated at the launch of ACI: "[In] our journey towards net zero, carbon credits play a vital role in offsetting residual emissions for hard-to-abate sectors of the economy. "However, concerns ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... managers explicitly target a portfolio temperature outside of dedicated climate or environmental impact strategies, because net zero targets are still a developing subject. S&P TruCost has found that every sector in the S&P 500 aside from financials ...