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Podcast: Maintaining competitive advantage in an age of climate transparency with Duncan Paterson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... green investment and reach net zero by 2050. However, investors face the unique challenge of understanding portfolio emissions, as well as growing concerns around exposure to greenwashing - and 'greenhushing' - risk. How can we ensure that climate ...

AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... by 33% in the same time frame, also passing its 2025 target of 25%. AXA IM also announced it will raise its financed emissions target from 70% in material sectors subject to engagement by 2025, to 90% by 2030, after reaching 68.9% in 2023. Engagement ...

Clean energy approvals increase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the same time last year. Businesses that fall under the Safeguard Mechanism - that are relying on ACCUs to meet their emissions reduction targets - invested heavily in offsets in anticipation of their compliance obligations. Under the Safeguard Mechanism ...

MSCI launches offset rating

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... crime, fraud, and sanctions. In MSCI's new ratings system, projects rated AAA are highly likely to achieve a 1-tonne emissions impact per credit. They also support positive social and environmental impact, while strengthening legal and ethical standards. ...

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... fuels. "Yet Australia's main environmental law does not currently require decision-makers to consider greenhouse gas emissions or climate change impacts when assessing projects." The BCA declined to comment.

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... emerging markets. "Investors recognise that policy mechanisms are essential to achieve a climate-resilient, net zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner, with interim targets in line with credible 1.5°C pathways," the statement says. "Nonpolicy mechanisms ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie executives unanimously believe in their companies' ability to grow while reducing greenhouse gas emissions but want Canberra to move faster, according to Deloitte. The professional services firm's annual CxO Sustainability Report, which ...

Study finds answer to land use battle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... policy, market and technological barriers to clean energy rollout. Large-scale solar is vital to meeting Australia's emissions reduction targets of 48% and renewable energy target of 82% by 2030, according to the department of climate change, energy ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the economy, along with all levels of government, must plan and act together. "By overcoming the barriers to reducing emissions we can make the Australian economy more prosperous while creating new industries and jobs, improving our energy security ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... than 21 times over". Woodside's US$1.2bn bid for Tellurian and its Driftwood LNG project would raise Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 154% on 2023 levels, finds Market Forces analysis. This comes after a recent US$2.35bn takeover of Texas' OCI Clean ...