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Government launches review of Safeguard Mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Safeguard Mechanism covers around half of Australia's emissions, which mainly come from electricity, mining, oil and gas production, manufacturing, transport and waste facilities. Through the review of the Safeguard Mechanism, the government is also ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon," he said. "That's the number one problem. "Number two is transparency on methodologies employed in the production of carbon credits. Different clients value different methodologies differently." The CCA made 18 recommendations to government ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... administration." Barclays notes that the money pledged by the ALP will be targeted towards sectors including power production, industry, and agriculture. "Analysis carried out by RepuTex Energy, an energy consultancy commissioned by the ALP, predicts ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
NGS Super has divested from more than $190 million in oil and gas exploration and production companies, predominately Woodside and Santos. The divestment is in line with the fund's announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon ...

Westpac sets 2030 net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... coal mining. For the cement industry, Westpac has also set an emissions intensity target of 0.57tCO2e/tonne of cement production by 2030 for customers' scope 1 and 2 emissions, compared to the Australian industry average of 0.77tCO2e/tonne of cement ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... in response to environmental protests, noting "the decision eliminated almost one-third of future European lithium production." "[The mining sector] has always had to deal with social license to operate with regard to local communities and First Nations ...

CleanTech fueling sustainable investment: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... some of these cost inflations. For instance, I am invested in a company that takes the waste from steel and aluminium production and turns them into zinc oxide. It diverts a waste stream and that business benefits enormously when the cost of landfill ...

Kilter Rural discloses state of natural capital in $68m agri fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... delivering a higher return." The fund utilises emerging technology to achieve carbon sequestration at scale in the production of sustainable food. The Fund also implements the TCFD to assess and respond to climate change related risks and opportunities. ...

Centuria launches unlisted agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... and internationally, robust free-trade agreements supporting exports, and an $80.4billion gross value agricultural production forecast for 2022, contributing approximately 2% to Australia's GDP." Based on the fund's initial asset, CAF has a starting ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... two supply chains because both are high risk for modern slavery," Bartram said. "Typically, they rely on outsourced production to regions without strong labour protections, particularly for migrant workers, and both were impacted by COVID-19 in quite ...