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UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions targets to 2050 in line with containing climate change at 1.5 degrees C. It is seen as a rigorous voluntary framework ...

BlueScope sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
BlueScope has announced a net zero 2050 target for its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions. The commitment is "highly dependent on several enablers, including the commerciality of emerging and breakthrough technologies, the availability of affordable ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... of 1.5°C in the next decades, and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be impossible. The report highlights the need for urgent ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... level of 1.5°C in the next decades, and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be impossible. Indeed, the report states that based on ...

IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... of 1.5°C in the next decades, and finds that unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be impossible. The report highlights the need for urgent ...

A burning issue: decarbonising the global steel industry

ANNA CHONG, ANDY JONES  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... combustion engine, steel looks set to continue its dominance as we transition to a green future: just about every greenhouse gas mitigation technology requires the use of steel, including electrification, thermal energy, and the hydrogen economy. However ...

bfinance hires ESG and responsible investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... offer some additional advisory support to clients." The firm has also committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement to limit the global temperature increase ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... LNG plant in Western Australia, announced that it had reached the milestone of injecting five million tonnes of greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide equivalent, CO 2 e) since safely starting the system in August 2019. The milestone represents the largest volume ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... pricing to five metrics, grouped into three sustainability performance targets, including reducing Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions; improved animal welfare outcomes; and workplace health and safety innovations. "We're a third generation family ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... founding signatory of the Climate Action 100+ initiative that engages with 167 companies representing 80% of corporate greenhouse gas emissions globally, as well as a founding member of the One Planet Asset Manager Initiative. Moret recently spoke with ...