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Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of the previous administration. He exited the Paris Agreement and vowed to maximise US oil and gas production and exploration. At least a dozen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and LGBTQ+ and racial equity rights were wound back, with ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... nearly 100 executive orders including exiting the Paris Agreement and vowing to maximise US oil and gas production and exploration. The local convener of CA100+, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), confirmed that Northern Trust withdrew from ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... territory by putting astronauts on Mars. On the latter, the big tech chief executives - two of which have their own space exploration companies - were front and center during the address. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Tim ...

China plays long game on battery disruption

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Radziszewski. This is likely to continue to undermine critical mineral prices in the short term. Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) acting CEO Neil van Drunen commented: "There is no doubt the battery sector and the critical minerals ...

Offloading assets is last resort in fight against slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... enhances "understanding of the stages of remediation, with underlying drivers and explanatory case studies, as well as an exploration of the investor's potential role alongside other actors in the process," Hazra said. Modern slavery may be present in ...

Ellerston ramps up exclusions list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Ellerston Capital will take a flexible approach to ESG considerations, but will exclude direct investments in tobacco, pornography, old growth forest logging, and thermal coal production. The asset manager has updated its product disclosure statement ...

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, the Minerals Council of Australia, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, and Australian Energy Producers (formerly APPEA), have expressed concerns. In its submission to Parliament, the ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) Certified. They exclude companies with material exposure to tobacco, alcohol, gambling, weapons, and fossil fuel exploration and production. ESG head Lou Capparelli said outperformance can be attributed to substantial holdings in tech and minimal ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... producers are still exploring and developing new reserves. The industry grew its annual capital expenditure on oil and gas exploration by more than 30% since 2021. The research comes out of environment and human right non-profit Urgewald, and research ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... it invested in oil tar sands companies like ConocoPhillips, CK Hutchison Holdings, Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE, PTT Exploration & Production Public Company Limited, as well as coal mining companies, Coronado Global Resources Inc., New Hope Corporation ...