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TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Bond Programme was established in 2018, and it plays a role as NSW has set a net zero target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The issuance attracted a wide variety of investors by type and region, with 70% based in Australia and New Zealand ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... announce a government response to all the recommendations by mid-2024. NGERS is used to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions and energy production and use. In its second review of the NGER legislation, the CCA primarily focused on NGERS, citing ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) - including stretch targets demonstrating reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for portfolio companies with SBTi validated targets. QIC head of global infrastructure Ross Israel said the loan is focused ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... countries. Participants reiterated the call for whole of economy NDCs encompassing methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions (all GHG emissions). Leaders discussed the need for significant financial innovation to achieve more inclusive climate ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... must complement land-based methods, however the infancy of these technologies and the minute amount of greenhouse gas emissions they currently sequester raises doubts about their ability to scale and compete with the potential carbon sequestration of ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions. But the CSIRO estimate the Australian cropping industry represents less than 2% of Australia greenhouse gas emissions or 13% of Australian agricultural footprint and is one of the most efficient methods of agricultural production on an emissions ...

Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... households) annually. Taiwan has a goal to develop 5.7 GW of offshore windfarms by 2025 and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Total project cost is estimated to be US$6.5 billion, of which approximately US$3.6 billion is being raised ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... economy, and sustainable food and agriculture themes. The food industry contributes more than a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. MSIM's head of climate private equity investing and 1GT, Vikram Raju, commented that Huel is "exactly the type of company ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investors with US$9.6 trillion in assets under management reported a fall in total absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions. In its third annual progress report, the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) detailed progress but called on ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... significant amounts of private sector finance to move from the billions to trillions required to cut greenhouse gas emissions and urgently scale up climate resilience both now and into the future."