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Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... billion philanthropy Boundless Earth and charity Hand Heart Pocket. Regenerative farming for soil health and emissions reductions in Macleay NSW was awarded $14,957. $20,000 was allotted towards build energy efficiency for social housing in Gympie, QLD. ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... companies are linking ESG to KPIs, which is good, but we're seeing in STIs instead of LTIs," O'Neill said. "Emissions reductions aligned with Paris is something we've been pushing to see integrated into KPIs, and we find that 13% of respondents are doing ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... of shares in the filing was 114 million shares. "This escalation of 27 leading investors puts the call for emissions reductions by energy companies front and centre for all institutional investors," Follow This founder Mark van Baal said in a statement. ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... structured to help set companies, acquired by QIC Infrastructure, on an ambitious pathway to greenhouse gas emissions reductions and improved diversity in the boardroom," Simmons said. "In addition, adoption of GRESB Infrastructure ratings will provide ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions, and expect Australia to move too. "This also creates huge opportunity," Collard said. "We need deep emissions reductions across all sectors so Australia can keep growing food in sustainable farming businesses." Reynolds also highlighted discussion ...

Net zero roadmap shifts public service spending to green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Secretary to the Treasury Steven Kennedy, thus changes to purchasing policy that requires suppliers to have emissions reductions strategies in place could meaningfully impact on decarbonisation trajectories across the economy. Economist Nicki Hutley ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... billion could be delivered if companies used carbon credits to cover the emissions gap between their Scope 3 emissions reductions targets, and current Scope 3 emissions. Under the VCMI criteria, the number of carbon credits purchased by a company must ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability Linked Bonds are more likely to achieve emissions reductions targets than use of proceeds bonds, but many labelled bond users are not tracking to meet 2050 net zero targets. Corporate issuers are increasingly turning to labelled bonds ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investors' strategic responses to climate-related risks and opportunities, investors are committing to emissions reductions in their portfolios. Credit rating agencies and other stakeholders are increasingly examining the relationship between climate ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... we're going to pursue abatement? Oil and gas projects, along with coal mines, will deliver around 90% of emissions reductions in the short-term, but EY notes that facilities that fall under the Safeguard Mechanism "will need significant volumes of ...