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Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top carbon-emitting companies are still failing to align their decarbonisation targets with the end goal of containing global warming at 1.5° by 2050, according to the latest assessment by Climate Action 100+. Emissions at the 14 Australian ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... largest private sector enterprise Reliance Industries, a Fortune 500 company, to manufacture renewable energy and decarbonisation equipment in Australia. The equipment will supply utilities companies including Origin Energy.

Uni partnership to turbocharge innovation in CO2 product manufacturing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... for the hard-to-abate sectors. The hub will become Australia's leading research initiative for leading the decarbonisation journey." Deputy director Akshat Tanksale commented on the importance of practical application. "Our aim is to develop pilot ...

Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... volumes of company data at speed. Their models end up with a score that assesses how likely a company is to meet its decarbonisation tartes based on their disclosures and language. "There's so much uncertainty as to whether a company can meet the ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... initiative Climate Action 100+, HESTA is encouraging the companies it invests in to accelerate electrification, decarbonisation, hydrogen technology, and low-carbon energy products. In assessing votes for AGMs, the superfund will consider progress in ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... successful launch of the ETF "adds to the suite of innovative products in Singapore that supports transition and decarbonisation efforts in Asia. "Looking ahead, Singapore welcomes the development of solutions that facilitate decarbonisation, while meeting ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the economy is now on the agenda and the investment community," Combet said at the Carbon Market Institute Australasian ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolio could face from climate risks and opportunities. Some include transition risk VaR (focused on mitigation and decarbonisation), physical risk VaR (focused on adaptation) or technology. These various portfolio climate metrics can help asset owners ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recently announced the first close of its third fund, raising $450 million. Main sequence tackles problems like decarbonisation, intelligence, and feeding a growing population - investing in "unreasonable inventors" that combine "cutting edge scientific ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Mat Nelson commented that research and development (R&D) is under-funded in Australia, particularly within the decarbonisation space. "We are probably under investing in R&D around decarbonisation technology but more importantly, we are under investing ...