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Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Action 100+ focus list. The data was released in the 2023 Citi Climate Report: Our Approach to Climate Change and Net Zero. In nearly half of cases, Citi cited an "absence of a substantive transition plan," and a lack of Scope 3 disclosure. Just ...

Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... investment, alongside $1 billion for solar that analysts claim will generate up to $400 billion of private capital. The Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024 sets the wheels in motion; while a second bill, the Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional ...

Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... stakeholder relationship management, strategy, and problem-solving." SECCCA was established 20 years ago to help councils meet net zero targets. Since then, the remit has expanded. It has now helped roll out EV charging stations, community resilience ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... investors and companies the transparency, clarity, and certainty they need to invest in new opportunities as part of the net zero transformation," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "These new laws will modernise our financial system, provide greater information ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... International Forum of Indigenous Women. Curtis Ravenel is senior advisor and vice chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and a founding member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainable ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Environmental targets focus on the bank's financed emissions reduction targets for carbon-intensive sectors, in line with its net zero pathway. Seven targeted carbon-intensive sectors are oil and gas, power generation, automotive, and steel, coal mining ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... whether their investments are contributing to human rights abuses (48%) or climate change (48%). On the environment front, net zero looms large: 76% want their banks and funds to make formal commitments to net zero by 2050. Human rights are also a key ...

Execs sceptical of 2050 net zero goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Confidence in net zero by 2050 is diminishing, with almost two-thirds of executives now anticipating the world will reach net zero by 2060 or later, up from just over half a year ago. Despite this, most companies are sustaining or ramping up investments ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... different parts of it. For example, the use of carbon credits... if you have an entity that advertises itself as being net zero and very green and they get there by carbon credits, is that consistent with what they've said [to their customers]?" ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainability the fund engaged with Woodside on "its approach to climate change and its strategy to transition to a net zero economy". But ultimately, the firm says investment decisions should be made through the lens of ensuring the best financial ...