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Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... security infrastructure. While priorities now, they are not new areas of investment for Future Fund. The fund has had a climate focus for some time, having been committed to achieving net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030, in alignment with ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
An eleventh-hour agreement on carbon markets was the major outcome of the world's largest climate conference which spiraled into an ineffective platform for international negotiation. After a decade of negotiations, parties agreed on Article 6 ...

Experts cynical of Adani outcome under Trump

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... project awarded by the Indian government. "This is a major historic event," commented Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance. "The Hindenburg research accusations of two years ago labelled this 'the single biggest corporate fraud ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... investing 75% of corporate and sovereign investments in issuers with science-based targets. The asset manager quit the Climate Action 100+ in February 2024, four years after it joined the initiative. Madan said the "repeated failures of voluntary corporate ...

Why climate-linked exec pay fails

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Investors increasingly look to companies that tie pay to climate goals but despite its popularity, it largely fails to achieve results, a new study reveals. In the past four years, the practice rose from 10% to 54% in ASX200 companies. Research released ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies for its study, 'Estimating The Corporate Carbon Footprint: A Meta-Model ...

Responsible funds thrive despite greenwash fears: RIAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... of traditional Australian shares funds. The leading investment theme was clean energy, attracting 53% more funding than climate change mitigation. Together, these two themes accounted for $5.13 billion in AUM - 71% of the total AUM covered by impact ...

Podcast: An introduction to 24/7 clean energy with Ian Lieblich

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the way to manage our escalating global energy use. Google and Microsoft have already adopted it. But how does it work? Climate advocate Ian Lieblich breaks it down in this episode with guest podcast host Michelle Baltazar. Stream all episodes of The ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Developing countries are asking for more climate financing and wealthy nations debating how to pay for it. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) runs from 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. So far, COP29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
There is an urgent need for investments to protect against escalating climate risks and minimise capital flight from vulnerable areas as the globe careens closer to a runaway climate change scenario. At the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit ...