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Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... developers and property managers, including Bouygues Construction, MIRVAC Group. Shinde holds a Master of Environmental Science & Environmental Law from the University of Sydney, a Master of Technology - Civil Engineering from the Indian Institutes of ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... meaningful growth and value, for our clients and our firm, as we strive to deliver on our sustainability goals including global science-based climate targets of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030," said PwC chief operating officer and ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Eraring, NSW, in 2025, seven years ahead of schedule as a "major shift in the tempo of Australia's energy transition. "The science dictates time periods by which we need to achieve levels of decarbonation," Scaysbrook said. "Velocity is critical. If ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... are part of the corporate strategy and tied to CEO compensation. PwC found that of companies where CEOs said they have science-aligned net-zero commitments, 70% include emissions targets in the corporate strategy (compared to 44% of companies whose commitments ...

Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Fairtrade labelling system in Australia and New Zealand. Courville has a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Science from ANU, an MSc from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from York University in Canada. ...

EY launches Net Zero Centre

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Hatfield-Dodds, who led the economic modelling for the Australian government's net zero strategy in the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER, 2021) and advised G7 leaders on decoupling economic growth from environmental damage. ...

Solving renewable energy challenges with technology investment: Quinbrook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... around the world," Scaysbrook said. "[Habitat Energy] have been consistently outperforming others. The quality of the data science was superior." Power markets are becoming vastly more complex, because of new inputs like rooftop solar. This means that ...

Australian funds highlighted for climate action plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... strength of the transition plan." UniSuper's case study elaborates on the fund's use of the ICAP framework and Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) methodology to set future short-term targets, with detail on disclosure and corporate engagement. ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... additional, independently verified; addressing permanence, addressing leakage, and doing no net harm. Organisations such as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Voluntary Carbon Markets Initiative (VCMI), and Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... a company is looking to achieve real emissions reductions versus offsets, and what s standards they are using, such as Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). The results of COP26 were "a mixed bag", Hall said, but the agreements will not cause the private ...