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Podcast: Australia's role at COP15 with Andrew Petersen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) CEO Andrew Petersen joins us to discuss his big take-aways from COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh and what he anticipates at COP15 in Montreal - the Biodiversity COP. Petersen is an attendee of both ...

Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... workforce strategy ready?­ - examining the impacts of what they label a "chronic shortage of skills" to meet carbon reduction and net zero pledges made by organisations. "We're talking about jobs ranging from technical and trades positions within clean ...

ESG tops inflation, rate hikes as key priority for fixed income investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... investors, from what we can see in the data, there is less of a focus on short term alpha from ESG and climate and carbon reduction strategies inside that broader ESG umbrella. That suggest that institutions are looking at this as part of a long term ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... play to support the transition to reduce this risk. This is why HESTA recently committed to lifting our interim carbon reduction target to a 50% cut in normalised emissions by 2030. We are also targeting investing 10% of the portfolio in climate solutions ...

bfinance sounds alarm on "overly simplistic" carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... legitimacy of data is intensifying. bfinance found that not all active equity managers are "willing to deliver carbon reduction targets," and notes that while in theory it should be possible to create a portfolio with a lower carbon footprint in "almost ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... interim emission reduction target primarily through active ownership which encourages companies to set and achieve carbon reduction targets aligned to a 1.5 o C transition pathway - rather than divestment of emissions-intensive companies." Watchlist ...

La Trobe Financial certified by Climate Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... working closely with Carbon Neutral across the last two years," Nesci said. "We have now implemented our formal Carbon Reduction Plan with a view to being net-zero by 2030, and are already seeing the fruits of the process already implemented: reduced ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The next UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November is expected to focus on implementing commitments made at last year's conference, with the role of countries like Australia as well as investors and business to become enhanced. In preparation ...

CEFC, Qantas Super back low carbon "enabler" fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... that enable companies to meet these targets will continue to increase and will play an integral role in building carbon reduction across the wider economy. "The 2050 Fund is about delivering expert capital to these companies to help accelerate their ...

Labor victory likely to increase ACCU demand: CBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... look to apply a very customised approach to facilities to make sure it's' fair and equitable in terms of their carbon reduction, but still ambitious enough to reach targets." Facilities unable to meet their reducing baselines may look to buy and surrender ...