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Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Plan and 2023 Progress Report, where the corporation faced scrutiny from activist groups over its approach to climate science. "The NGOs and climate activists were demanding more, the board and conservative commentators were saying... Woodside's doing ...

SBTi seeks feedback on Corporate Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is revising its Corporate Net Zero Standard's approach to target-setting and disclosure, value chain emissions, and carbon removal. The voluntary organisation aims to promote best practice whilst ensuring ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... threshold and it's very hard for us to prevent going through it," said Andrew King, associate professor in climate science, deputy head and chief investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century. "Even though we've only ...

Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... retiring into". "It is essential that emissions reduction commitments from companies and investors are aligned to climate science, which is why Future Group helped to create an open source tool - RealZero Check - which measures financed emissions in ...

No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... provider's ESG scores are amended if an entity does away with emissions targets without replacing them with ambitious and science-based targets. "Tracking of targets and related emissions trajectories is a key part of our carbon footprint and scenario ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... estimate baseline emissions. CEFC co-developed an online tool, Towards Net Zero Agriculture Pathfinder, alongside Australia's science agency CSIRO. CEFC head of natural capital Heechung Sung said climate change is both a significant challenge and an ...

Green moves: S&P, Northern Trust, Magellan, Maple-Brown Abbott

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese has worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... industrial decarbonisation and identifying the opportunities to finance a more sustainable future." This comes as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) unanimously elects EY corporate sustainability partner David Kennedy to be its new CEO, succeeding ...

Podcast: Responsible AI use in corporates with Jessica Cairns

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 24 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Jessica Cairns, head of ESG and sustainability at Alphinity Investment Management. Alongside Australia's national science agency CSIRO, Alphinity earlier this year released 'Intersection of Responsible AI and ESG: A Framework for Investors Report' ...

Podcast: Responsible AI use in corporates with Jessica Cairns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... host of The Greener Way is Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS Sustainability. Alongside Australia's national science agency CSIRO, Alphinity earlier this year released 'Intersection of Responsible AI and ESG: A Framework for Investors ...