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HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Action 100+, HESTA is encouraging the companies it invests in to accelerate electrification, decarbonisation, hydrogen technology, and low-carbon energy products. In assessing votes for AGMs, the superfund will consider progress in these areas and the ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... according to Cognizant. The IT services and consultancy provider Cognizant recently released Deep Green: How data, technology and collaboration will drive the next phase of sustainability in business, analysing results from 3,000 executives around the ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... include transition risk VaR (focused on mitigation and decarbonisation), physical risk VaR (focused on adaptation) or technology. These various portfolio climate metrics can help asset owners make decisions about investment approaches that are currently ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... "It highlights how ARC-funded research has built Australia's research capability and improved outcomes for critical technology and communications, environmental sustainability, food supply chains, social policy and First Nations peoples," said Zielke. ...

Avani partners with EG towards "real zero"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions are creates or released, and no carbon offsets or Renewable Energy Certificates are used. Avani's technology is currently in use by more than 250 buildings across Australia and New Zealand. Real-time tracking reportedly allows for an ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... framework that is backward compatible with prior reporting for energy efficiency in government operations." University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble questioned why the reporting framework relied ...

Investors in hot seat over impact of 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Conference 2023. Sister publication Financial Standard is the media partner for the conference. Facilitated by University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, the climate risk simulation is designed to ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... over a prolonged timeframe, not just a normal business/policy cycle. And there is uncertainty around the evolution of technology and the speed with which climate, economic and social systems can adapt." Bullock noted that the April 2023 RBA review examined ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... data is still a challenge for investors, a point echoed by Carl Prins, CEO and co-founder of Pathzero, an Australian technology company that provides institutional asset owners access to relevant and reliable carbon information in their private market ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... CEC, alongside legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright. The NSW anti-slavery code of practice will be an Australian first, "technology neutral", and "future-proofed". NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dr James Cockayne commented on the announcement: "Despite the ...