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Developing climate risks facing institutional investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Ortec said the net zero by 2050 goal is no longer realistic and the physical risk because of rising temperatures and emissions is the most serious threat to asset performance and the financial system. "Following the warmest year on record, the Paris ...

PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... footprint, but more precise figures are difficult to obtain in the opaque asset class. The recently published Company Emissions Estimates for Private Markets report calculates that private equity comprises about 20% of an institutional investor's multi-asset ...

Rest backs $300m solar farm and battery project

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... decarbonise the energy sector and demonstrates the key role regional Australia has to play in powering towards a low emissions future." To mark the occasion, Octopus Australia hosted a Sod Turning event at the site on Wednesday, attended by the Minister ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... to D- (poor performance). "Supplemental data such as alignment with the EU Taxonomy and the estimated greenhouse gas emissions intensity of financed projects can be leveraged to support tailored applications at the discretion of subscribing investors," ...

Asset managers back new Avoided Emissions Platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Twelve asset managers with US$4 trillion of assets under management have helped launch the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP), a new tool that calculates avoided emissions to assess the impact of climate solutions. The Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP) ...

Investors progress on climate, but barriers emerge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... critical to their beneficiaries' financial interests, which is an investor's fiduciary duty. Investors continue to set emissions targets and are spending a lot more time figuring out how to protect against increasing climate damage," IGCC chief executive ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... information. In response to the feedback, ASIC said it added sections on climate scenario analysis and disclosing Scope 3 emissions; included more specific guidance for directors of reporting entities; and included additional guidance on applying the ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... voted to abandon its legal defence of a law that sought to force publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse emissions and other climate-related risks. The law required companies to disclose any climate-related risks that would have a material ...

Australia can be energy transition, climate leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... host the world's largest coal port in Newcastle - 95% of its exports are coal. We have a huge problem with fugitive emissions in this state, and we need a lot of technology work done there," she said. To tackle this, Kimmorley said investment and ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) to continue "mobilising critical private investment into renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies." Chalmers said the decisions are built on the tax incentives for critical minerals and green hydrogen legislated ...