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Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Scaysbrook, Quinbrook co-founder and managing partner. Australia is battling severe supply chain constraints, acute competition on multiple continents. "Australia has many comparative advantages these countries don't enjoy. We either choose to seize ...

Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... company's net zero emissions plan. This comes as the nonprofit Climate Integrity has made a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Qantas of greenwashing over 'carbon neutral' flights. The Australian corporate ...

Carbon price could stall $600bn super loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... have and build from there." Opponents of a carbon price have argued it would be an economic burden that could reduce competition. However, according to Emmi around a third of the market is ignoring the financial liability of the carbon exposure of their ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework, up from 66% the previous year. Nature engagements will focus on land-use competition and developing markets for nature-based carbon offsets, noting that over half of global GDP is highly or moderately ...

Study finds answer to land use battle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Agrivoltaics are key to solving land use competition between clean energy and agriculture, but researchers warn of massive hurdles. Agrivoltaics, otherwise known as agrisolar, has benefits for horticulture and sheep grazing, including providing shelter ...

Canberra to expand ACCU scheme

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The review assessed additionality, permanence, and leakage, supply and demand, land use competition, and the intersection with the Safeguard Mechanism. It found that the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme was performing ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... to work with a global leader at the time of industry consolidation was also very appealing, beyond exciting as the competition to provide robust, credible and high-quality data alongside consultative customer services accelerates. " Lucchese added that ...

ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Amidst mass redundancies, ESG roles remain safe - for now. However, job seekers face fierce competition in an employer-driven market with slow recruitment processes and rampant ghosting. A shortage of ESG pros coupled with keen demand for specialist ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Cooper will be working alongside Ruth Stringer, partner in superannuation, and Paul Schoff, ESG Lead and partner in the competition, climate and technology practice. Cooper has had a wide-ranging career spanning over four decades including at law giant ...

ESG funds are cheaper: Morningstar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... have declined in recent years. One reason for the cheaper costs is an increase in new strategies and intensifying competition in the ESG space. Globally there are almost US$3 trillion in sustainable assets under management, according to Morningstar. ...