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Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Defying the global increase of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel, Australia has slashed its emissions year-on-year, a trend likely to continue. A research report 'The Global Carbon Budget' released this week in time for COP29 found the ...

Green Moves: NorthStar Impact, Aboriginal Investment NT, Care Super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
A former Australian Ethical exec has circled back to the responsible investing space, meanwhile an energy giant's top science expert quits in protest over alleged unsubstantiated net zero claims. Former Australian Ethical CIO David Macri has left Mason ...

Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Fronting a Senate hearing today, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the fund's board is still considering whether it will appoint the replacement directors nominated by the CFMEU back in September. In September, the CFMEU administrator re-nominated ...

ASIC calls for feedback on disclosure regime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
From January next year, large companies need to provide climate-related financial disclosures in their annual sustainability reports - the regulator is seeking comment. To help businesses comply with the new requirement, the corporate watchdog this ...

'No' to nuclear energy, 'yes' to biodiversity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Nuclear energy is a non-starter and Canberra needs to lift its game on environmental policies, leading 'Teal' independents told a climate summit. Speaking at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit last Friday, independent MPs Zoe ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has said the super fund has been engaging directly with MinRes regarding its recent governance failures and "remains disappointed" with the company's responses. "Our concerns include that the managing director's ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies could be forced to adopt more nature positive practices if nature-related risk policies and legislation that are gaining traction overseas are adopted locally. According to panelists at the 'The next nexus: A story of nature-related ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

Australia waits for 2035 target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Matt Kean urges investors to heed sector decarbonisation plans as the nation waits for Canberra to announce its 2035 emissions reduction target. The date of release for the government's 2035 target has yet to be announced and could be delayed until ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Alongside Matt Kean, experts from First Sentier, Australian Ethical, and QIC were named as leaders in climate investment, corporate engagement and policy. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) announced the winners of the Climate Leaders' ...