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Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Regulators are taking on greenwashing in financial products and asset consultants are standing close by to ensure fund managers are offering products and services that are true to their ESG label. Media outlets have reported that German asset manager ...

Significant cuts to industrial emissions required: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... areas within the industrial sector. "We can divide these facilities into three broad groups: those which extract and process coal, oil, and gas, those which extract and process other minerals and metal, and those which manufacture other products," said ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... dedicated ESG investment options (designed to avoid companies involved in the production, generation, or transmission of coal, oil or gas) with over $12 billion in funds under management across these options. The Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) ...

BlueScope sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... gases and renewable energy. "We are actively investigating the use of biochar as a replacement for a proportion of pulverised coal injection into the blast furnace, and are seeking government co-funding for this and other pilot projects, including a ...

Banks' role in global decarbonisation under spotlight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... reliability. Further, they are looking for assurances that banks are transitioning away from lending activities to fossil fuels like coal. "Coal would be the instant area that would stand out," Butters said. "Many banks across the world are beginning ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... the report a blunt warning. "The science is clear: we simply cannot afford anymore fossil fuel expansion. This means no new coal, gas or oil development beyond those fields already producing," Gocher said. "Australian companies cannot drag their heels ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... telecommunications retailing divisions as well as some cleaner generation assets, and Accel Energy, which will own its emissions-intense coal and gas-fired power stations. The resolution also request information on how the proposed demerged companies' ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... prominently, there are decisions that we believe are hard to justify from a climate perspective - new investment in thermal coal-based electricity generation, for example." Beyond the governance and decisions to make a net zero commitment, most of the ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an alternative employer director, are stepping down from the $66 billion industry fund. Vaile is the chair of Whitehaven Coal and the former leader of the National Party. He stepped away from his appointment as the chancellor of University of Newcastle ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... to sign an open letter to QSuper, asking for greater commitment on managing climate risk, including divesting from thermal coal. ACF economic analyst and campaigner May House called the existing policy insufficient. "They haven't created an emissions ...