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UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... its operations and flagged it is scrapping its mission to align 20% of total assets within its asset management unit to net zero. In its Sustainability Report 2024 released this week, the global bank said it revised targets to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Turner is currently chair of Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking APAC and a member of the Advisory Group of the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. "I am delighted to take on the role of chair, building on the strong legacy established by my predecessors," ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... turn will incentivise the construction sector to lift sustainability standards, which are essential to our transition to net zero emissions." Currently, the built environment is responsible for about 40% of the 50 billion tonnes of carbon emissions released ...

Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Ahead of the federal election, the Grattan Institute has highlighted the move to net zero and energy transition as areas that should be prioritised by whoever wins. In terms of major reforms Grattan is calling for to achieve a net-zero economy, the ...

WTW names head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... innovation project team within WTW to develop a carbon offset solution to support organisations in their transition to a net zero world.." "We are excited that she is now back with our business team and are looking forward to the impact she will have ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... a lot closer to it," Scaysbrook said. Last year, TelstraSuper handed over an undisclosed amount to Quinbrook for its Net Zero Power Fund. Around the same time, Rest went on record to say that it committed $1 billion to Quinbrook to invest in a range ...

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... otherwise been released into the atmosphere, making it a sought-after carbon removal technology essential for meeting net zero emissions targets. Kuppalli said the Kangaroo Island biochar project would benefit stakeholders. "It will provide investment ...

Climate Change Authority warns of nuclear bungle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions electricity until 2042 - more than a decade later than current targets. The electricity grid would not reach net zero climate pollution until 2049 and would be 44% smaller than the government's proposed grid, making it impossible to decarbonise ...

Green moves: PRI, BlackRock, Rewiring Australia, Future Generation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... emitters in the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative, to publicly assessing corporate 1.5C alignment with the Net Zero Momentum Tracker, providing subject matter expertise to the Australian Climate Leaders Coalition, designing and delivering ...

HSBC adds 20 years to net zero ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
HSBC has pushed back its net zero emissions target in its supply chain and operations by two decades as part of a wider shake-up of its ESG ambitions. The global bank announced last week that while it made good progress in reducing its Scope 1 and Scope ...