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Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... media partner to the event. The event brought together leading investment experts and those working towards a decarbonised economy to accelerate climate investment, manage physical risks, and drive real-world outcomes through corporate engagement. Molesworth ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Mikula-Wright launched Road to Resilience, which outlines a two-year strategy designed to support investors to drive "economy-wide adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change." The report identified that institutional ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... steelmaking or if we're going to decarbonise ammonia-making, and all of those things that as, as a whole, the broader economy depends on... If we want to keep those industries in Australia, for our economy, then we need to electrify everything, and ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... commissioning phase and will be operational prior to calendar year end. "Pact's role in this is to lead the circular economy," Dayal said. "We are working collaboratively with various partners across industries. "We are doing this by partnering with ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... commented that policy engagement is an important complementary element to ensure "the right incentives exist in the overall economy". AIGCC held a series of closed-door policy roundtables from May to June 2023 with policymakers, investors and regulators ...

Blackstone closes record energy transition fund at $7.1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... entire corporate credit market, from public debt to private loans. "The energy transition is impacting large sectors of the economy and is resulting in a growing need for efficient private capital," said Robert Horn, global head of Blackstone Credit's ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... provide limited information on climate risk to the market. It's time all companies realise that they, along with the entire economy, face climate risks that they must manage." Scenario analysis Research also found that the number of companies that undertook ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy for consideration by government. "The Australian taxonomy will play a key role in guiding the transition of our economy, financial portfolios, companies and economic activities by providing clear and consistent definitions of what is classified ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... offshore oil and gas exploration in 2018. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the deal "proves again that we can grow our economy while we lower emissions" and was "a game changer for the clean tech sector". "I'm absolutely stoked about what this means ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Investors are now becoming more aware of their role in addressing systemic risk by bringing First Nations people into the economy and strengthening economic self-determination. RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker told FS Sustainability a First Nations ...