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Karoon Energy aims for net zero 2035 target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... incorporates the current and future outlook for oil demand and Karoon's exposures to the transition to a lower carbon economy. "In 2021, we spent six to eight months doing a corporate strategic review and one of the core components was a sustainability ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ocean exclusive economic zone in the world, is perfectly positioned to participate in the projected $100 trillion ocean economy. During an investor panel at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, panel moderator was Ocean Decade ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... low emissions opportunities in their portfolios, so we can accelerate decarbonisation and the transition to a net zero economy." The Green and Sustainable Bond Fund was established in late 2020. It is an open-ended fund that invests in highly liquid ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... return considerations are very apparent in the energy, materials and utilities sector (EMUs), Moret said. "Decarbonising an economy where a significant chunk of the equity market is so highly concentrated with the EMUs is going to be very difficult if ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... for a credible framework to help guide the allocation of capital towards decarbonisation activities in the Australian economy," said ASFI chief executive officer Kristy Graham. "We have now seen broad support for this beyond the finance sector through ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... ASX200 - should find this helps with integrating TNFD into their reporting mechanisms. "I would say the entire Australian economy should be on notice that this is coming." Further guidance on sectors and biomes will be released in the coming months. ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... skilled workers and permanent full-time employees in a time when approximately 250,000 Australians are part of the gig economy and over 30% of the workforce are in the trades. A Senate committee inquiry recently recommended a national trial of the four-day ...

Brookfield consortium to buy Origin Energy for $18.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... determined that the new Origin Energy Markets will lead the way in all respects at this critical moment for the Australian economy." FS Sustainability spoke with a number of experts about risks, opportunities and challenges to this bid when it was first ...

Apostle Funds Management launches carbon credit fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... where a barrel of oil is a barrel of oil, a tonne of carbon is a tonne of carbon, regardless of the size and scale of the economy under the scheme," noted Apostle's partner, global carbon markets Luke Donovan. The Apostle Carbon Credit Fund benchmark ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... provide products and services that disproportionally serve women and support their wellbeing and participation in the economy. ANZ is seeing demand for gender-focused investments in categories beyond bonds, Ng said. "The other question that has come ...