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Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Superannuation firm Rest will invest $1 billion in renewable and clean energy infrastructure manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. The commitment will support the energy transition, providing exposure to a range of assets including solar and battery ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... companies were Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, Coles Group, Wilmar International,, Woolworths Group, and Wesfarmers (Kmart and Target Australia). However, none of the top performing companies ranked higher than 50% for gender equality. Overall leaders are ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Housing Accord. These programs aim to stimulate institutional investment in the social and affordable housing sector and target the delivery of 40,000 new social and affordable homes over the next five years. CIM has also announced that John White will ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has now effectively ditched the Renewable Energy Target (RET) ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has identified sustainable finance governance and greenwashing as one of three key focus areas for action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government's sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to achieve 2025 emissions reduction targets, while the forestry sector has reduced emissions - but at a fraction of the target rate. Global preparedness to achieve net zero by 2050 is less than a third to half the level required for a more orderly transition ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... of global companies engage in lobbying that contradicts their stated environmental goals. While almost all US companies target net zero, most are weakly aligned to their target and 58% engage in lobbying that contradicts their public goals. Woodside ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A Western Australia based hydrogen hub has progressed one step further to becoming operational, with the Albanese government announcing $70 million in support as part of its Regional Hydrogen Hubs program. bp's H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub has reached Front-End ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... The only exception was the energy sector, for which the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) hasn't yet finalised a target-approval methodology. Labelled-bond issuers succeed in having carbon-reduction targets covering all three emission scopes (Scopes ...