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Australian funds highlighted for climate action plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... strength of the transition plan." UniSuper's case study elaborates on the fund's use of the ICAP framework and Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) methodology to set future short-term targets, with detail on disclosure and corporate engagement. ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... additional, independently verified; addressing permanence, addressing leakage, and doing no net harm. Organisations such as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Voluntary Carbon Markets Initiative (VCMI), and Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... a company is looking to achieve real emissions reductions versus offsets, and what s standards they are using, such as Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). The results of COP26 were "a mixed bag", Hall said, but the agreements will not cause the private ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... disclose - because without measurable and assurable key performance indicators, based on globally recognised taxonomies and science-based targets, their ESG statements and sentiment may be seen as ESG washing, or greenwashing," Lunn said. "In our view ...

AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... addition to focusing on natural capital assets like forestry and sequestration, the AXA IM Alts portfolio also looks to science-based decarbonisation pathways within its real estate holdings, said AXA IM fund manager, real assets Chris Willey. "This ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Boral has announced net zero commitments aligned to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Boral will reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46% by 2030 and will reduce relevant Scope 3 emissions by 22%, both from a 2019 baseline. The targets ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... netting side, currently nobody is talking about and that's of real concern. All the net zero pathways, which come from science, are banking on capturing GHG emission out of the atmosphere." Carbon capture through ocean activity and land-based sequestration ...

Supermarket giant inks $1.3bn sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... then worked with the Coles team to understand the historic data for those metrics, looking at peer comparisons, and the science Coles have some pretty ambitious targets in the public domain, and so we were able to utilise those for the purpose of the ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Paris-aligned targets. UniSuper said in the report that they are considering whether to seek to have their targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and supply chain. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis. The report provides new estimates of the chances of crossing the global warming level of 1.5°C in the next decades ...