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GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... source of employment in developing economies, while agriculture is second only to the energy sector for greenhouse gas emissions." This is the second of the GRI Sector Standards under development, after oil, gas and coal, GRI noted. It is planned that ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... below $1.5 million. The CEFC noted that the property sector accounts for about 23 per cent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, with about half of those emissions coming from residential buildings - largely as a result of heating, ventilation and ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... signatures commit to engaging with companies on action on the following points: Take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain in line with the overarching goals of the Paris Agreement; Implement a strong governance framework which ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... [Sustainable Development Goal] inspired - they typically fall into healthcare, education, renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, clean water and those types of things.... "We're careful to not invest in things where we think there's reputational ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... investment clients. The impact of this capital investment is expected to lead to a minimum 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions intensity in three of the assets within the portfolio: Robina Town Centre in the Gold Coast (Queensland), Eastland in ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... plan for and monitor future behaviour change. The three LCRI questions are: 1. I work hard to reduce my greenhouse gas emissions whenever possible 2. I feel very good when I am successful in reducing my greenhouse gas emissions 3. I would feel very bad ...

AllianceBernstein launches Australian low-carbon equities strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... been applied to an actively managed investment portfolio in this way," said Maslen. The strategy offsets greenhouse gas emissions associated with the portfolio holdings using third-party agreements for the retirement of carbon credits. "We think investors ...

CEFC nears $1 billion mark in investment in Australia's wind sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... their longer-term commercial potential," Gardner said. "This development has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 9.3 million tonnes over its lifetime, making a significant contribution to efforts to lower carbon emissions across ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... upcoming May 2019 AGMs of Santos and Woodside Petroleum, asking the companies to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. ACCR is currently campaigning to attract the 100 shareholder signatures for each company ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... targets for net zero carbon emissions. According to the 2018 results for the region, average like-for-like greenhouse gas emissions for the sector have decreased by 4.0%, and year-on-year energy consumption was down almost 2.9%. There was an uptick in ...