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Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The agriculture sector is a key contributor to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and must be included in net zero policies, according to the Grattan Institute. The Grattan Institute has published Towards net zero: Practical policies to reduce agricultural ...

ASIC trains sights on IPO net zero statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... monitoring greenwashing statements. ASIC announced that it had intervened to seek clarification about net zero greenhouse gas emissions statements in an unnamed company's IPO. "'Net zero' statements can be forward-looking statements for which there must ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... risks. Recently, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed a court case which will challenge oil and gas producer Santos' net zero emission target in relation to the viability of carbon capture and storage and environmental ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... independent advisers Carbon Neutral to measure emissions activities, using methodologies in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol from the World Resources Institute, and additional data from the Commonwealth Government, international and domestic ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... assets of approximately US$10 trillion, have committed to nine action points to support the goal o global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. The initiative is endorsed by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign and supported by the ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... this summer, in Oregon - close to 100,000 acres has burned since early July. "If you don't dig up or extract coal/oil/gas, it stays in the ground forever. If you do dig it up and you offset it, there's no guarantee that a forest will be there ...

Federated Hermes launches climate change high yield credit strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... screen out companies where engagement on climate change transition has failed and controversial sectors and heavy greenhouse gas-emitting issuers "that have no desire to change," Federated Hermes said. Head of credit Fraser Lundie will be lead manager ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... targeting zero coal exposure for its existing infrastructure portfolio by 2030. Last year, IFM committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across its asset classes, targeting net zero by 2050. The announcement in relation to its infrastructure assets ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... The guide cites statistics saying that the global food system is responsible for an estimated 25 to 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions, or between 13.6 billion and 17.9 billion tons of CO2e annually. The aim of the specific expectations is to inform ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... actually quite disappointing," Horster said. "It's not that all of a sudden, every company is reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, despite all this conversation over 10 years, an additional one thousand companies are reporting, meaning ...