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Podcast: Environmental impact of artificial intelligence with Prabhakar Srinivasan

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Today, we're thrilled to welcome Prabakar Shrinivasan, Director and Co-Lead of Artificial Intelligence at Synechron, the global consulting firm, to help us navigate the environmental impact of AI. With a strong presence in the financial space, including ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... project 'nature positive' implies a commitment to halting and reversing nature loss by 2030. It's an ambitious global goal, and we all need to contribute meaningfully toward it." Parker emphasised the importance of quantifiable environmental ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... minerals, electric vehicles, and turbines and solar PV. Even if the US exit the Paris Agreement under Trump, which could hurt global emissions in the next four years, Fraser said Australia does not need to import US politics. "Our major trading partners ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... renewables and sustainable finance at Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Fortune Business Insights forecast last month that the global battery energy storage market size is projected to more than quadruple to US$114 billion by 2032, promising a compound ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... network with members managing more than $35 trillion globally. For her contribution to investor practice, First Sentier's global head of responsible investment Kate Turner was commended for her work on portfolio decarbonisation targets in the asset ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... and environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and increase spending on oil. This signifies an increase in global emissions by four billion tons to 2030, according to MIT analysis. Waking up to an overcast day in Melbourne it was sobering ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... in driving clean energy investment and manufacturing, will be dismantled under a second Trump administration, boosting global emissions by four billion tons to 2030, according to MIT analysis. Trump represents "a real anti-ESG movement which was already ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Gold is shining brighter than ever in 2024 with a record-breaking 37 all-time price highs so far but while this asset offers security to investors in tough times, it has its own ESG issues to solve. While gold is nearly carbon neutral when in the vault ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Ausbil has emerged as a key leader in Australia's push against labour exploitation. Ausbil Investment Management's high-profile ESG lead Måns Carlsson has been re-elected as a member of the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Advisory Panel for the 2024-2025 ...

Green finance taxonomy in final throes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... safeguards, and the ways in which the taxonomy can be used. "The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy will unlock favourable global finance to Australia's key green and transition industries," CEO of ASFI, Kristy Graham said. "As an OECD country ...