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Carbon Market Report shows positive momentum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator's (CER) latest Quarterly Carbon Market Report (QCMR) shows that Australia's carbon market, coupled with the reformed Safeguard Mechanism, are assisting businesses to make strong contributions toward Australia achieving its ...

Australia's ecosystems get a dollar value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... contributions to the economy and other human activity. The most valuable service identified was climate regulation through carbon storage. Australia's ecosystems store 34.6 million kilotonnes of carbon, valued at $43.2 billion. Grasslands made the biggest ...

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Kuppalli added that Re-Vi's first project on Kangaroo Island will put Australia on the map in terms of biochar production and carbon removals. Re-Vi said the project will see over 15,000 hectares of fire-damaged timber plantations turned into biochar ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... research at Morningstar Sustainalytics. Vezér is an expert on a wide range of ESG topics, from investment exposure to carbon transition risks and renewable energy to the cultural compatibility of companies involved in mergers and acquisitions. While ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... anticipated." "We currently expect a 40% emissions reduction across our operations, mean that we would need to rely heavily on carbon offsets to achieve net zero in our supply chain by 2030," HSBC said. "As such, we have revisited our ambition, taking ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... representing 4% of the global listed corporate bond market. Ninety percent of its value is projected to be wiped out by carbon pricing impacts. The findings come from an Emmi analysis of climate transition risk for the outstanding debt of over 42,000 ...

SBTi seeks feedback on Corporate Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... (SBTi) is revising its Corporate Net Zero Standard's approach to target-setting and disclosure, value chain emissions, and carbon removal. The voluntary organisation aims to promote best practice whilst ensuring that its requirements are actionable and ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... the net zero transition. Society's progress to net zero has been driven by the "inflated expectations of investors" and carbon abatement cannot be successful without government commitment, Peppelenbos argued. "John F Kennedy's mission to put the first ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... ESG Committee. HSBC has a net zero by 2050 target, has set on-balance sheet financed emissions targets to 2030 for key carbon intensive sectors, and aims to provide $750 billion - $1 trillion in sustainable finance and investment by 2030. Wentzel said ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... helped to create an open source tool - RealZero Check - which measures financed emissions in equities portfolios against carbon budgets modelled by leading climate scientists." Fortescue's chief climate scientist Shanta Barley said real zero requires ...