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Podcast: Everything you missed at COP29 climate conference with Richie Merzian

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... which are hitting them hardest despite contributing the least. The major win of the event was an eleventh-hour agreement on carbon markets, while some other negotiations failed the reach their goals, or reached an impasse. Richie Merzian was on the ground ...

Banksia Foundation names winners of the 2024 NSW Sustainability Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Wolf revolutionised sustainable fashion with their zero-waste manufacturing system and Magic Fit® technology, reducing carbon emissions by 48% per garment while offering lifetime repairs and a comprehensive take-back scheme Climate Technology Impact ...

Funds SA loses ESG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... followed a three-year stint at Citi as an analyst in equities research looking at remuneration, bribery and corruption, carbon footprinting, safety, slavery and human rights and their impacts on Australian listed companies. Previously, Quintal spent ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Agreement's 1.5 degree target, despite widespread commitments to net zero by 2050. The tool - RealZero Check - applies the carbon budgets necessary to limit warming to 1.5 degrees on a sector-by-sector basis so investors can see how investments stack ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... this tool free and open source - anyone can use," said Simon Sheikh, Future Group CEO. Jeremy Cooper, Future Group's carbon advisory board external chair said: "By offering this tool for free, Future Group is not only advocating for but actively ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
An eleventh-hour agreement on carbon markets was the major outcome of the world's largest climate conference which spiraled into an ineffective platform for international negotiation. After a decade of negotiations, parties agreed on Article 6 ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon emissions from listed equities may have reached a turning point, according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the President of the host nation said in a speech that oil and gas is a "gift from god", and lobbyists of controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology outnumber core national delegations, the Guardian and BBC reported. Negotiators are struggling ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... overshadowed by more visible industries like energy and transportation." By investing in production efficiency, energy efficiency, carbon sequestration in croplands and grasslands, and reducing livestock-based protein through dietary shifts, would reduce ...

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 ...