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Investors progress on climate, but barriers emerge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... critical to their beneficiaries' financial interests, which is an investor's fiduciary duty. Investors continue to set emissions targets and are spending a lot more time figuring out how to protect against increasing climate damage," IGCC chief executive ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... information. In response to the feedback, ASIC said it added sections on climate scenario analysis and disclosing Scope 3 emissions; included more specific guidance for directors of reporting entities; and included additional guidance on applying the ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... voted to abandon its legal defence of a law that sought to force publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse emissions and other climate-related risks. The law required companies to disclose any climate-related risks that would have a material ...

Australia can be energy transition, climate leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... host the world's largest coal port in Newcastle - 95% of its exports are coal. We have a huge problem with fugitive emissions in this state, and we need a lot of technology work done there," she said. To tackle this, Kimmorley said investment and ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) to continue "mobilising critical private investment into renewable energy, energy efficiency and low emissions technologies." Chalmers said the decisions are built on the tax incentives for critical minerals and green hydrogen legislated ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... climate change by funding infrastructure and inputs that "will build" more resilient business models or mitigate against emissions. It added the Australian government supports this model of tackling regional development issues with "innovative financial ...

UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... In its Sustainability Report 2024 released this week, the global bank said it revised targets to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions to net zero by 2035 - which is 10 years longer than anticipated. "We made progress on these key components of our climate ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will drive a "whole of lifecycle approach" to reducing emissions in Australian construction projects. The CEFC and RECP IV will co-invest in construction debt facilities to lift sustainability ...

Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... target at 65-75% below 2005 levels. "The government is developing plans intended to provide a policy framework to reduce emissions in every sector towards the net-zero goal," Grattan noted. "These plans should be consolidated into a national Net Zero ...

Podcast: Harnessing synthetic biology for sustainable mining and pollution mitigation

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... of breaking down contaminants like PFAS, and its initiatives in the mining sector to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions. The episode highlights Allonnia's partnerships in Australia, significant investors including BHP, Vale, and the Bill and ...